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. 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. 105b14
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
editOld Irish 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. |