firinscneach

Irish

Etymology

From fear (“man”) +‎ inscne (“gender”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

firinscneach (genitive singular masculine firinscnigh, genitive singular feminine firinscní, plural firinscneacha, not comparable)

1. (grammar) masculine

   Antonym: baininscneach

Declension

Declension of firinscneach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	firinscneach	fhirinscneach	firinscneacha; fhirinscneacha2
vocative	fhirinscnigh		firinscneacha
genitive		firinscní	firinscneacha	firinscneach
dative	firinscneach; fhirinscneach1	fhirinscneach; fhirinscnigh (archaic)	firinscneacha; fhirinscneacha2
Comparative	níos firinscní
Superlative	is firinscní

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of firinscneach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
firinscneach	fhirinscneach	bhfirinscneach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “firinscneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “firinscneach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “firinscneach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025