fearán

Irish

Alternative forms
  • féarán

Etymology

From Old Irish ferán (“little man, mannikin”), from fer (“man”); equivalent to fear (“man”) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix).

Noun

fearán m (genitive singular fearáin, nominative plural fearáin)

  1. dove

Declension
Declension of fearán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fearán fearáin
Vocative a fhearáin a fhearána
Genitive fearáin fearán
Dative fearán fearáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fearán na fearáin
Genitive an fhearáin na bhfearán
Dative leis an bhfearán

don fhearán

 leis na fearáin

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • fearán baicdhubh (“collared turtle-dove”)
  • fearán binne (“rock-dove”)
  • fearán breac, fearán eidhinn (“turtle-dove”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fearán fhearán bhfearán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • "fearán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “ferán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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