fánas

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

fánas m (genitive singular fánais, nominative plural fánais)

  1. gap

Etymology 2

From Latin faunus.

Noun

fánas m (genitive singular fánais, nominative plural fánais)

  1. (Roman mythology, literature) faun

Declension

Declension of fánas (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fánas fánais
vocative a fhánais a fhánasa
genitive fánais fánas
dative fánas fánais
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fánas na fánais
genitive an fhánais na bhfánas
dative leis an bhfánas
don fhánas 		leis na fánais

Mutation

Mutated forms of fánas
radical lenition eclipsis
fánas fhánas bhfánas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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