folean

Irish

Etymology

From fo- +‎ lean.

Verb

folean (present analytic foleanann, future analytic foleanfaidh, verbal noun foleanúint, past participle foleanta)

(transitive) follow, trail after

Conjugation

Conjugation of *folean* (first conjugation – A)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	foleanaim	foleanann tú; foleanair^†	foleanann sé, sí	foleanaimid; foleanann muid	foleanann sibh	foleanann siad; foleanaid^†	a fholeanann; a fholeanas	foleantar
past	d'fholean mé; d'fholeanas / fholean mé^‡; fholeanas^‡	d'fholean tú; d'fholeanais / fholean tú^‡; fholeanais^‡	d'fholean sé, sí / fholean sé, sí^‡	d'fholeanamar; d'fholean muid / fholeanamar^‡; fholean muid^‡	d'fholean sibh; d'fholeanabhair / fholean sibh^‡; fholeanabhair^‡	d'fholean siad; d'fholeanadar / fholean siad^‡; fholeanadar^‡	a d'fholean	foleanadh
past habitual	d'fholeanainn / foleanainn^‡	d'fholeantá / foleantá^‡	d'fholeanadh sé, sí / foleanadh sé, sí^‡	d'fholeanaimis; d'fholeanadh muid / foleanaimis^‡; foleanadh muid^‡	d'fholeanadh sibh / foleanadh sibh^‡	d'fholeanaidís; d'fholeanadh siad / foleanaidís^‡; foleanadh siad^‡	a d'fholeanadh	d'fholeantaí / foleantaí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	foleanfaidh mé; foleanfad	foleanfaidh tú; foleanfair^†	foleanfaidh sé, sí	foleanfaimid; foleanfaidh muid	foleanfaidh sibh	foleanfaidh siad; foleanfaid^†	a fholeanfaidh; a fholeanfas	foleanfar
conditional	d'fholeanfainn / foleanfainn^‡	d'fholeanfá / foleanfá^‡	d'fholeanfadh sé, sí / foleanfadh sé, sí^‡	d'fholeanfaimis; d'fholeanfadh muid / foleanfaimis^‡; foleanfadh muid^‡	d'fholeanfadh sibh / foleanfadh sibh^‡	d'fholeanfaidís; d'fholeanfadh siad / foleanfaidís^‡; foleanfadh siad^‡	a d'fholeanfadh	d'fholeanfaí / foleanfaí^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go bhfoleana mé; go bhfoleanad^†	go bhfoleana tú; go bhfoleanair^†	go bhfoleana sé, sí	go bhfoleanaimid; go bhfoleana muid	go bhfoleana sibh	go bhfoleana siad; go bhfoleanaid^†	—	go bhfoleantar
past	dá bhfoleanainn	dá bhfoleantá	dá bhfoleanadh sé, sí	dá bhfoleanaimis; dá bhfoleanadh muid	dá bhfoleanadh sibh	dá bhfoleanaidís; dá bhfoleanadh siad	—	dá bhfoleantaí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	foleanaim	folean	foleanadh sé, sí	foleanaimis	foleanaigí; foleanaidh^†	foleanaidís	—	foleantar

past participle	foleanta

verbal noun	foleanúint

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Derived terms

foleantóir

Mutation

Mutated forms of *folean*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
folean	fholean	bhfolean

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