n (<Lat. femininum) o, m.
(a) the feminine gender:
in femen .i. cach banda,
Anecd. v 23 n. 13
.
is inderb im
mascul fá f.¤
,
Sg. 61a9
.
do ḟemun,
64b5
.
isind ḟemun,
75b2
.
do ḟémiun,
69a20
.
ferinnsci ┐ banninnsci ┐ demhinsce lasin
nGaidel .i. mascul ┐ femen ┐ neodar lasin Laitneoir,
Auraic.
522
=
feimin,
3025
.
ider mascal ┐ f.¤
,
Laws v 4.4
.
iter femin
┐ mascol,
Anecd. v 23 n. 14
. g
s.
briathar femin
,
Sg. 190b5
.
Auraic. 1913
.
qu[a]e vel qua .i. a ainmniugud feimin,
Laws
v 4.1
.
(b) of feminine sex, a female:
Findabair ... sech ba
femen ba fennid,
LL 17a44
(quoted by O'Cl. under
femen
.i. bean).
gach banindsci ┐ cach f.¤
,
Corm. Y 1219
.
is femen
a cenél sin uile,
O'Mulc. 527
. But a native formation in the following placenames (
Ériu xxii 97
,
xxvi 174
):Mag Femen
; also Mag Femin,
see Hog. Onom.
ar Femun Muman,
LU 10969
.
a Síd ar
Femin,
BDD 140
.
Síd ar Femun,
IT iii 243
(
LL 246a19
).
Cf.
femen ... .i. magh,
Corm. Y 632
.
O'Mulc. 514
.
nimgeb
format frisnach sen | igge nammá fri femen
,
Otia i 124
.