fánas

Irish

Etymology 1

Noun

fánas m (genitive singular fánais, nominative plural fánais)

gap

Etymology 2

From Latin Faunus.

Noun

fánas m (genitive singular fánais, nominative plural fánais)

(Roman mythology, literature) faun

Declension

Declension of fánas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fánas	fánais
Vocative	a fhánais	a fhánasa
Genitive	fánais	fánas
Dative	fánas	fánais

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fánas	na fánais
Genitive	an fhánais	na bhfánas
Dative	leis an bhfánas don fhánas	leis na fánais

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fánas	fhánas	bhfánas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"fánas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “fánas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “fánas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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