firín

See also: fırın and firîn

Irish

Alternative forms

• feairín

Etymology

fear +‎ -ín

Noun

firín m (genitive singular firín, nominative plural firíní)

1. diminutive of fear: little man, manikin

Declension

Declension of firín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative firín firíní Vocative a fhirín a fhiríní Genitive firín firíní Dative firín firíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an firín na firíní Genitive an fhirín na bhfiríní Dative leis an bhfirín don fhirín leis na firíní

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
firín	fhirín	bhfirín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “firíne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “firín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 318
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “firín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “firín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “firín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024