fuarán

See also: fuaran

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish úarán (“spring”), from úar (“cold”).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /fˠuəˈɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠuəɾˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈfˠuəɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠuəɾˠanˠ/, /ˈfˠuəɾˠan̪ˠ/

Noun

fuarán m (genitive singular fuaráin, nominative plural fuaráin)

fountain, spring

Declension

Declension of fuarán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fuarán	fuaráin
Vocative	a fhuaráin	a fhuarána
Genitive	fuaráin	fuarán
Dative	fuarán	fuaráin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fuarán	na fuaráin
Genitive	an fhuaráin	na bhfuarán
Dative	leis an bhfuarán don fhuarán	leis na fuaráin

Derived terms

fuaránach
fuaránta

Related terms

fuar

Further reading

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “úarán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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