fíréan
See also: firéan
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish fírén, from Old Irish fírían (“just, righteous”).[1]
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editfíréan (genitive singular masculine fíréin, genitive singular feminine fíréine, plural fíréana, comparative fíréine)
Declension
editDeclension of fíréan
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fíréan | fhíréan | fíréana; fhíréana² | |
Vocative | fhíréin | fíréana | ||
Genitive | fíréane | fíréana | fíréan | |
Dative | fíréan; fhíréan¹ |
fhíréan; fhíréin (archaic) |
fíréana; fhíréana² | |
Comparative | níos fíréane | |||
Superlative | is fíréane |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
editfíréan m (genitive singular fíréin, nominative plural fíréin)
- just person
- sincere person
Declension
editDeclension of fíréan
Derived terms
edit- ainfhíréan (“unjust, unrighteous, person”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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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
edit- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fírén, fírían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 113
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fíréan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN