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faoin

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Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

IPA ^(key): /fɣiːnj/, /fɣiːnɣ/^[1]

Contraction

faoin

contraction of faoi +‎ an
under the

about the

Usage notes

Depending on dialect, triggers either lenition or eclipsis of the following consonant (except d, s, t):

faoin fhuinneog/bhfuinneog
under the window

Related terms

Irish preposition contractions
contracted with							copular forms
base form	an ("the sg")	na ("the pl")	mo ("my")	do ("your")	a ("his, her, their; which (present)")	ár ("our")	ar ("which (past)")	before a consonant	before a vowel
base form	an ("the sg")	na ("the pl")	mo ("my")	do ("your")	a ("his, her, their; which (present)")	ár ("our")	ar ("which (past)")	before a consonant	present/future	past/conditional
de ("from")	den	de na desna *	de mo dem *	de do ded , det	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
do ("to, for")	don	do na dosna *	do mo dom *	do do dod , dot	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
faoi ("under, about")	faoin	faoi na	faoi mo	faoi do	faoina	faoinár	faoinar		faoinarb	faoinarbh
i ("in")	sa , san	sna	i mo im *	i do id , it	ina	inár	inar		inarb	inarbh
le ("with")	leis an	leis na	le mo lem *	le do led , let	lena	lenár	lenar		lenarb	lenarbh
ó ("from, since")	ón	ó na ósna *	ó mo óm *	ó do ód , ót	óna	ónár	ónar		ónarb	ónarbh
trí ("through")	tríd an	trí na	trí mo	trí do	trína	trínár	trínar		trínarb	trínarbh

*dialectal

References

^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925), Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt [Pronunciation of Northern Irish]‎^[1] (in Irish), Béal Feirste [Belfast]: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], section 57, page 25

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish fáen .

Pronunciation

IPA ^(key): /fɯːɲ/

Adjective

faoin (comparative faoine )

Declension

Declension of *faoin* (type II adjective)
masculine	feminine	plural
nominative	faoin	fhaoin	faoine
genitive	fhaoin	faoine	faoine
dative	faoin	fhaoin	faoine
vocative	fhaoin	fhaoin	faoine

Mutation

Mutation of *faoin*
radical	lenition
faoin	fhaoin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), "fáen", in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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