folláin
Irish
Etymology
Adjective
folláin (genitive singular masculine folláin, genitive singular feminine folláine, plural folláine, comparative folláine)
- healthy; wholesome, sound
- Synonym: sláintiúil
Declension
Declension of folláin
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | folláin | fholláin | folláin; fholláin² | |
| Vocative | fholláin | folláin | ||
| Genitive | folláin | folláin | folláin | |
| Dative | folláin; fholláin¹ |
fholláin | folláin; fholláin² | |
| Comparative | níos folláin | |||
| Superlative | is folláin | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
- folláine f (“healthiness; wholesomeness, soundness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| folláin | fholláin | bhfolláin |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "folláin" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “folláin” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “folláin” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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