Fíachrai

Old Irish

Etymology

Possibly meaning “battle king”, from Primitive Irish ᚃᚓᚊᚏᚓᚊ (veqreq), from Proto-Celtic *Weikorīxs (whence also Latin Vēcorīx, rendering a Gaul's name), from the roots of fichid (“to fight”) +‎ rí (“king”).

Proper noun

Fíachrai m (genitive Fíachrach)

1. a male given name

Inflection

Masculine g-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	Fíachrai	—	—
Vocative	Fíachrai	—	—
Accusative	FíachraigN	—	—
Genitive	Fíachrach	—	—
Dative	FíachraigL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: Fíachra
  • Irish: Fiachra

Mutation

Mutation of Fíachrai

radical	lenition	nasalization
Fíachrai	Ḟíachrai	Fíachrai pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

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