feochán

See also: feochan

Irish

Etymology

Alteration of feochan influenced by -án

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲɔxanˠ/, /ˈfʲɔxan̪ˠ/

Noun

feochán m (genitive singular feocháin, nominative plural feocháin)

1. Alternative form of feothan (“breeze, gust”)

Declension

Declension of feochán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative feochán feocháin vocative a fheocháin a fheochána genitive feocháin feochán dative feochán feocháin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an feochán na feocháin genitive an fheocháin na bhfeochán dative leis an bhfeochán don fheochán leis na feocháin

Mutation

Mutated forms of feochán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
feochán	fheochán	bhfeochán

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feochán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 73