fionnadh

From Old Irish finnfad,^[1] possibly due to confusion with fionna (“a hair”).

• fionnfadh

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲɨn̪ˠhu/^[2] (corresponding to the form fionnfadh)

fionnadh m (genitive singular fionnaidh, nominative plural fionnaidh)

1. hair, fur

   Synonym: clúmh

2. pile (of cloth)
3. grain (of wood)

• cóta fionnaidh (“fur coat”)
• fionnadhach (“hairy, furry”, adjective)
• fionnaitheach (“hairy, furry”, adjective)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fionnadh m (genitive singular fionnta, nominative plural fionntaí)

1. verbal noun of fionn (to singe, flay):
2. act of flaying, singeing, applying fire to

   beirim fionnadh do ― I apply fire to, I scorch

• feann (“to flay”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fionnadh m (genitive singular fionnta, nominative plural fionntaí)

1. verbal noun of fionn (to whiten):
2. a white speck on the iris.

fionnadh

1. inflection of fionn:
   1. past indicative autonomous
   2. past subjunctive analytic
   3. third-person singular imperative

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fionnaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 315
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fionnadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fionnadh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fionnadh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjũn̪ˠəɣ/

fionnadh m (genitive singular fionnaidh, no plural)

1. flaying, skinning
2. trying
3. searching
4. examining
5. hair of a quadruped

   Tha fionnadh chàmal air a chòta. ― His coat has camel hair.

6. beard
7. fur

   Tha fionnadh na chuinnleanan. ― There's hair in his nostrils.

8. fur (article of dress)
9. pile (as of cloth)

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “fionnadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “finnfad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language