Fínín

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fʲiːˈnʲiːnʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲiːnʲiːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲiːnʲinʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish Fíngin (literally “wine-born”), from fín (“wine”) + gein (“birth”).

Proper noun

Fínín m (genitive Fhínín)

1. a male given name from Old Irish

Usage notes

Historically anglicized as Florence, to which it is etymologically unrelated.

Alternative forms

• Fínghin

Further reading

• “Fínín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 100

Etymology 2

From fianna (as in Fianna Éireann) + -ín. The monophthongization of ia to í is probably due to the influence of English Fenian, of the given name, or both.

Noun

Fínín m (genitive singular Fínín, nominative plural Fíníní)

1. (historical) Fenian

Declension

Declension of Fínín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative Fínín Fíníní Vocative a Fhínín a Fhíníní Genitive Fínín Fíníní Dative Fínín Fíníní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an Fhínín na Fíníní Genitive na Fínín na bhFíníní Dative leis an bhFínín don Fhínín leis na Fíníní

Derived terms

• Fíníneachas

Further reading

• “Fínín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “Fínín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Fínín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Fínín	Fhínín	bhFínín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.