faighean

Irish

Noun

faighean f (genitive singular faighne, nominative plural faighneacha)

  1. Alternative form of faighin

Declension
Declension of faighean

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative faighean faighneacha
Vocative a fhaighean a fhaighneacha
Genitive faighne faighneacha
Dative faighean faighneacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fhaighean na faighneacha
Genitive na faighne na bhfaighneacha
Dative leis an bhfaighean

don fhaighean

 leis na faighneacha

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
faighean fhaighean bhfaighean
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish faigen (“sheath, scabbard”), from Latin vāgīna. Cognate with Irish faighin and Manx fine.

Noun

faighean m (genitive singular faighein, plural faighnean)

  1. (vulgar) vagina
  2. sheath

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
faigheanfhaighean
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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