fann

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish fann (“weak, helpless”), from Proto-Celtic *wasnos. Cognate with Breton gwan, Old Cornish guan, and Welsh gwan. === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /fˠaun̪ˠ/ (Aran, Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /fˠɑːn̪ˠ/ (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /fˠan̪ˠ/ === Adjective === fann (genitive singular masculine fainn, genitive singular feminine fainne, plural fanna, comparative fainne) faint, weak, feeble Synonym: tláith ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== fainne (“weakness”) fannaigh (“to weaken”) fannlag (“debilitated”) === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Luxembourgish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fan/, [fɑn] === Verb === fann second-person singular imperative of fannen == Manx == === Etymology === From Old Irish fennaid (“to flay, skin”). === Verb === fann (verbal noun fanney, past participle fant) to skin, scalp, flay, slash to soak to fleece to dress down to bite (of wind) ==== Derived terms ==== fanneyder === Mutation === == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === fann (non-standard since 2005) past tense of finne == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Verb === fann past tense of finne == Old English == === Alternative forms === fan, fon === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *βannu, *wannu (“winnowing fan”). === Noun === fann f fan (implement for winnowing grain) ==== Declension ==== Strong ō-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== fannian (“to winnow corn”) ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: fan English: fan === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “fann”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. == Old Norse == === Verb === fann first/third-person singular past active indicative of finna == Swedish == === Verb === fann past indicative of finna