faoin
Depending on dialect, triggers eitherlenition oreclipsis of the following consonant (exceptd,s,t):
| contracted with | copular forms | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | an(“the sg”) | na(“the pl”) | mo(“my”) | do(“your”) | a(“his, her, their; which (present)”) | ár(“our”) | ar(“which (past)”) | before a consonant | before a vowel | |
| present/future | past/conditional | |||||||||
| de(“from”) | den | dena desna* | demo dem* | dedo ded*,det* | dá | dár | dar | darb | darbh | |
| do(“to, for”) | don | dona dosna* | domo dom* | dodo dod*,dot* | dá | dár | dar | darb | darbh | |
| faoi(“under, about”) | faoin | faoina | faoimo | faoido | faoina | faoinár | faoinar | faoinarb | faoinarbh | |
| i(“in”) | sa,san | sna | imo im* | ido id*,it* | ina | inár | inar | inarb | inarbh | |
| le(“with”) | leisan | leisna | lemo lem* | ledo led*,let* | lena | lenár | lenar | lenarb | lenarbh | |
| ó(“from, since”) | ón | óna ósna* | ómo óm* | ódo ód*,ót* | óna | ónár | ónar | ónarb | ónarbh | |
| trí(“through”) | trídan | trína | trímo | trído | trína | trínár | trínar | trínarb | trínarbh | |
*dialectal
FromMiddle Irishfáen.
faoin (comparativefaoine)
| masculine | feminine | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | faoin | fhaoin | faoine |
| genitive | fhaoin | faoine | faoine |
| dative | faoin | fhaoin | faoine |
| vocative | fhaoin | fhaoin | faoine |
| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| faoin | fhaoin |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.