fána

See also: fana, Fana, fanã, and fäna

Eastern Maninkakan

Alternative scripts

• ߝߣߊ߫ (nko)

Particle

fána

1. also

Icelandic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin fauna, from Latin Fauna (“name of a rural goddess”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfauːna/
• Rhymes: -auːna

Noun

fána f (genitive singular fánu, nominative plural fánur)

1. fauna

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɑːn̪ˠə/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɑːnˠə/, /ˈfˠɑːn̪ˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠaːnˠə/, /ˈfˠaːn̪ˠə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fán, from Proto-Celtic *wāgnā (“slope, depression, hollow”), hence also Welsh gwaun. Possibly related to Latin vagus (“wandering, strolling”).

Alternative forms

• fánaidh (superseded)

Noun

fána f (genitive singular fána, nominative plural fánaí)

1. slope, incline, slant
2. declivity

Declension

Declension of fána

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fána fánaí Vocative a fhána a fhánaí Genitive fána fánaí Dative fána fánaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhána na fánaí Genitive na fána na bhfánaí Dative leis an bhfána don fhána leis na fánaí

Derived terms

• le fána (“down, away”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fána”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Contraction

fána

1. Ulster form of faoina (“about his/her/their/which”)

Alternative forms

• fá n-a (superseded)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fána	fhána	bhfána
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.