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IRISH LOCAL NAMES EXPLAINED

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VOCABULARY OF IRISH ROOT WORDS A B C D E F G I L M N O P R S T U

VOCABULARY OF IRISH ROOT WORDS

Fada, long; fada, fad, ad, ada, adda.

Faeilean, faeileog [fweelaun, fweeloge], a sea gull, naweelaun, naweeloge ("of the sea gulls"), wheelion, eelan.

Faill [foyle], a cliff; foyle, foil, fall. See Aill.

Faithche [faha], a green level space near a residency for games, exercises, etc.; a level field; faha, fahy, fa, foy, fy, fey feigh.

Fasach [faussagh], a wilderness; fasagh, fassagh, fassa.

Feadan [faddaun]; a streamlet; faddan, feddan, fiddan, fiddane, eddan.

Feadog [faddoge], a plover; viddoge, vaddoge, faddock, feddock.

Feannog [fannoge], a scaldcrow; finnoge, funnock, vannoge.

Fear [far], a man; fir, feara, men; fer, fir, and by eclipse, navar.

Fearann [farran],land; farran, farn, arran.

Fearn, fearnog [farn, farnoge], the alder tree; farn, fern, farnagh, ferney, farnane, farnoge, navarn, navern, navarna.

Fearsad [farsad], a sand bank formed in a river by the opposing currents of tide and stream; farset, farsid, farsad, fast.

Fert, ferta, a trench, a grave ; fert, farta, ferta, fartha, arta, navart.

Fiach [feeagh], a raven; ee, eha, eigh, naveagh.

Fiadh [feea], a deer; eigh, eag, nareigh.

Fidh [fih], a wood; fee, fi, feigh, ferh, fith, fid.

Fionn, finn [fin], white, clear, transparent; fin, finnt, fune, foun.

Fiord (Danish), a sea inlet; ford.

Fornocht, a bare, naked, or exposed hill; forenaght, fornaght, farnaght.

Fraech [freagh], heath; freagh, freugh, free, ree.

Fuaran [fooran], a cold spring; see Uaran.

Fuinnse, fuinnseann, fuinnseog [funsha, funshan, funshoge], the ash tree; funcheon, funshin, funshinagh, funchoge. The f is omitted in the north, giving rise to such forms as unshin, unshinagh, inshinagh, unshog, hinchoge.

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