fín

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fin"

Icelandic

Adjective

fín

1. feminine nominative singular of fínn
2. neuter nominative plural of fínn
3. neuter accusative plural of fínn

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wīnom, borrowed from Latin vīnum, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom.

Noun

fín n or m

1. wine

Inflection

Neuter u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	fínN	fínL	fínL, fína
Vocative	fínN	fínL	fín
Accusative	fínN	fínL	fín
Genitive	fínoH, fínaH	fínoN, fínaN	fínN
Dative	fínL	fínaib	fínaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• Fíngin

  Irish: Fínín

Descendants

• Irish: fíon
• Manx: feeyn
• Scottish Gaelic: fìon

Mutation

Mutation of fín

radical	lenition	nasalization
fín	ḟín	fín pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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