fireannach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish firennach (“male”), from firend.
Adjective edit
fireannach (genitive singular masculine fireannaigh, genitive singular feminine fireannaí, plural fireannacha, comparative fireannaí)
Declension edit
Declension of fireannach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fireannach | fhireannach | fireannacha; fhireannacha² | |
Vocative | fhireannaigh | fireannacha | ||
Genitive | fireannaí | fireannacha | fireannach | |
Dative | fireannach; fhireannach¹ |
fhireannach; fhireannaigh (archaic) |
fireannacha; fhireannacha² | |
Comparative | níos fireannaí | |||
Superlative | is fireannaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun edit
fireannach m (genitive singular fireannaigh, nominative plural fireannaigh)
Declension edit
Declension of fireannach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fireannach | fhireannach | bhfireannach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fireannach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “firennach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “fireannach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “fireannach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish firennach (“male”), from firend.
Adjective edit
fireannach
Related terms edit
Noun edit
fireannach m (genitive singular fireannaich, plural fireannaich)
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
fireannach | fhireannach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “firennach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language