Faolán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Fáelán. By surface analysis, faol (“wolf”) +‎ -án.

Proper noun

Faolán m (genitive Fhaoláin)

  1. a male given name from Old Irish

Declension

Declension of Faolán (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Faolán
vocative a Fhaoláin
genitive Faoláin
dative Faolán
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Faolán
genitive an Fhaoláin
dative leis an bhFaolán
don Fhaolán

Derived terms

  • Faolánach (“person named Ó Faoláin or Ní Fhaoláin”)
  • Mac Giolla Fhaoláin
    → English: Gilliland, Leland, McClellan, McLeland
  • Ó Faoláin

Mutation

Mutated forms of Faolán
radical lenition eclipsis
Faolán Fhaolán bhFaolán

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 Corráin, Donnchadh, Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 92
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