finnfad
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- findfad
- findfod
Etymology
Akin to finna, finnae (“a hair”), from Proto-Celtic *wes-niâ, from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to dress, clothe”).[1] Stokes favors *h₂welh₁- (“wool, fleece”).
Noun
finnfad m (genitive finnfaid)
- hair (typically of the body), fur
- c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 242
- findfod
- c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 242
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | finnfad | finnfadL | finnfaidL |
| Vocative | finnfaid | finnfadL | finnfaduH |
| Accusative | finnfadN | finnfadL | finnfaduH |
| Genitive | finnfaidL | finnfad | finnfadN |
| Dative | finnfadL | finnfadaib | finnfadaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
- finnfadach (“hairy, shaggy”)
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| finnfad | ḟinnfad | finnfad pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “finnfad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “fionna”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
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