féinní

Irish

Alternative forms

• féinnidh (superseded)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish fénnid.

Noun

féinní m (genitive singular féinní, nominative plural féinnithe)

1. (literary) member of legendary Fianna
2. (roving) warrior; soldier
3. champion

Declension

Declension of féinní (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative féinní féinnithe vocative a fhéinní a fhéinnithe genitive féinní féinnithe dative féinní féinnithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an féinní na féinnithe genitive an fhéinní na bhféinnithe dative leis an bhféinní don fhéinní leis na féinnithe

Derived terms

• féinníocht

Mutation

Mutated forms of féinní

radical	lenition	eclipsis
féinní	fhéinní	bhféinní

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “féinní”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 309
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “féinní”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fénnid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language