faílenn

== Middle Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish foílenn, from Proto-Celtic *wailannā (“seagull”). Cognate with Cornish golan, Welsh gwylan, Breton gouelan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (earlier) /ˈɸɤːlʲən̪/, (later) /ˈɸɯːlʲən̪/ === Noun === faílenn m or f seagull ==== Descendants ==== Irish: faoileán, faoileog Manx: foillan, foilleig, fooilleig Scottish Gaelic: faoileann, faoileag === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “faílenn, foílenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language