See also: firéan

Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish fírén, from Old Irish fírían (just, righteous).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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fíréan (genitive singular masculine fíréin, genitive singular feminine fíréine, plural fíréana, comparative fíréine)

  1. just, righteous
  2. genuine

Declension

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Noun

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fíréan m (genitive singular fíréin, nominative plural fíréin)

  1. just person
  2. sincere person

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fíréan fhíréan bhfíréan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fírén, fírían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 113

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