fírién
Old Irish
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editfírién
- 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. 74c20
- Húare ro·comallada inna imneda ⁊ fo·ruirmed cenn forsnaib cotarsnaib du·rairngirt-siu, is fíri{ri}én trá fuä n-indas sin tabart díglae foraibsom.
- Because the troubles have been fulfilled, and an end has been put to the adversities that you sg have promised, it is just, then, to inflict vengeance on them in that way.
- 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. 105b14
- 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.
- 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. 74c20
Inflection
edito/ā-stem | |||
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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 |
Mutation
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
fírién | ḟírién | fírién pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |