folláin

Irish

Alternative forms

• falláin, foláin

Etymology

From Middle Irish follán, from Old Irish fo- + slán.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fˠəˈl̪ˠɑːnʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɔl̪ˠɑːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠal̪ˠænʲ/ (corresponding to the variant falláin)

Adjective

folláin (genitive singular masculine folláin, genitive singular feminine folláine, plural folláine, comparative folláine)

1. healthy; wholesome, sound

   Synonym: sláintiúil

Declension

Declension of folláin

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	folláin	fholláin	folláine; fholláine²
Vocative	fholláin		folláine
Genitive		folláine	folláine	folláin
Dative	folláin; fholláin¹	fholláin	folláine; fholláine²
Comparative	níos folláine
Superlative	is folláine

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• folláine
• mífholláin

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
folláin	fholláin	bhfolláin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “folláin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “folláin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 327
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “folláin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “folláin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “follán, fallán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language