fín

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fin"

Icelandic

Adjective

fín

1. feminine nominative singular of fínn
2. neuter nominative plural of fínn
3. neuter accusative plural of fínn

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wīnom, borrowed from Latin vīnum, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸʲiːn/

Noun

fín n or m

1. wine

Inflection

Neuter u-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	fínN	fínL	fínL, fína
vocative	fínN	fínL	fín
accusative	fínN	fínL	fín
genitive	fínoH, fínaH	fínoN, fínaN	fínN
dative	fínL	fínaib	fínaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• Fíngin

  Irish: Fínín

Descendants

• Irish: fíon
• Manx: feeyn
• Scottish Gaelic: fìon

Mutation

Mutation of fín

radical	lenition	nasalization
fín	ḟín	fín pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language