feann

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish fennaid,[2] denominative from finnae (“hair”) (compare finnfad), from Proto-Celtic *wendom.

Pronunciation

Verb

feann (present analytic feannann, future analytic feannfaidh, verbal noun feannadh, past participle feannta)

  1. to skin, flay
  2. to fleece (con or trick someone out of money)
  3. to strip (take away), plunder
  4. to damn (condemn), slate (criticize harshly)

Conjugation

Conjugation of feann (first conjugation – A)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present feannaim feannann tú;
feannair† 		feannann sé, sí feannaimid; feannann muid feannann sibh feannann siad;
feannaid† 		a fheannann; a fheannas feanntar
past d'fheann mé; d'fheannas /
fheann mé‡; fheannas‡ 		d'fheann tú; d'fheannais /
fheann tú‡; fheannais‡ 		d'fheann sé, sí /
fheann sé, sí‡ 		d'fheannamar; d'fheann muid /
fheannamar‡; fheann muid‡ 		d'fheann sibh; d'fheannabhair /
fheann sibh‡;
fheannabhair‡ 		d'fheann siad; d'fheannadar /
fheann siad‡; fheannadar‡ 		a d'fheann feannadh
past habitual d'fheannainn /
feannainn‡ 		d'fheanntá /
feanntᇠ		d'fheannadh sé, sí /
feannadh sé, sí‡ 		d'fheannaimis; d'fheannadh muid /
feannaimis‡; feannadh muid‡ 		d'fheannadh sibh /
feannadh sibh‡ 		d'fheannaidís; d'fheannadh siad /
feannaidís‡; feannadh siad‡ 		a d'fheannadh d'fheanntaí /
feanntaí‡
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future feannfaidh mé;
feannfad 		feannfaidh tú;
feannfair† 		feannfaidh sé, sí feannfaimid;
feannfaidh muid 		feannfaidh sibh feannfaidh siad;
feannfaid† 		a fheannfaidh; a fheannfas feannfar
conditional d'fheannfainn /
feannfainn‡ 		d'fheannfá /
feannfᇠ		d'fheannfadh sé, sí /
feannfadh sé, sí‡ 		d'fheannfaimis; d'fheannfadh muid /
feannfaimis‡; feannfadh muid‡ 		d'fheannfadh sibh /
feannfadh sibh‡ 		d'fheannfaidís; d'fheannfadh siad /
feannfaidís‡; feannfadh siad‡ 		a d'fheannfadh d'fheannfaí /
feannfaí‡
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present go bhfeanna mé;
go bhfeannad† 		go bhfeanna tú;
go bhfeannair† 		go bhfeanna sé, sí go bhfeannaimid;
go bhfeanna muid 		go bhfeanna sibh go bhfeanna siad;
go bhfeannaid† 		— go bhfeanntar
past dá bhfeannainn dá bhfeanntá dá bhfeannadh sé, sí dá bhfeannaimis;
dá bhfeannadh muid 		dá bhfeannadh sibh dá bhfeannaidís;
dá bhfeannadh siad 		— dá bhfeanntaí
imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
— feannaim feann feannadh sé, sí feannaimis feannaigí;
feannaidh† 		feannaidís — feanntar
past participle feannta
verbal noun feannadh

† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form

Mutation

Mutated forms of feann
radical lenition eclipsis
feann fheann bhfeann

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

References

  1. ^ “feann”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fennaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish fennaid, denominative from finnae (“hair”) (compare finnfad), from Proto-Celtic *wendom.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fjaun̪ˠ/

Verb

feann (past dh'fheann, future feannaidh, verbal noun feannadh)

  1. flay, skin, fleece
  2. remove turf to get at peat underneath

Mutation

Mutation of feann
radical lenition
feann fheann

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

Further reading

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