feadhán

== Irish == === Alternative forms === feadhan, feagán === Etymology === Uncertain. Dinneen lists it as a specialized sense of feadhain (“band, troop, company of men”), which comes from Old Irish fedan (“act of carrying”). But it could also be from feadh (“length, extent”) +‎ -án or fiodh (“wood”) +‎ -án since wheel rims were originally made of wood. === Pronunciation === (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲɨɡanˠ/ === Noun === feadhán m (genitive singular feadháin, nominative plural feadháin) (Ulster) rim or felloe of a wheel ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “feaḋan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 432; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “feagán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 433; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “felloe”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “feadhán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN