fírién

See also: firíen and firién

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfʲiː.rʲi.eːn]

Adjective

fírién

1. Alternative form of fírían (“just, righteous”)
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 105^b14

     Bed messe .i. no·comallaibthe ⁊ rom·bad fírién insce Dǽ.

     That it would be me, i.e. that the word of God would be fulfilled and would be righteous.

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fírién	fírién	fírién
Vocative	fírién, fíriéin* fírién**
Accusative	fírién	fírién, fíriéin
Genitive	fírién, fíriéin	fírién, fíriéine	fírién, fíriéin
Dative	fírién	fírién, fíriéin	fírién
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	fírién, fíriéin	fíriéna
Vocative	fíriénu fíriéna†
Accusative	fíriénu fíriéna†
Genitive	fírién
Dative	fíriénaib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
fírién	ḟírién	fírién pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.