fíréan
Appearance
See also: firéan
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish fírén, from Old Irish fírían (“just, righteous”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fíréan (genitive singular masculine fíréin, genitive singular feminine fíréine, plural fíréana, comparative fíréine)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | fíréan | fhíréan | fíréana; fhíréana2 | |
vocative | fhíréin | fíréana | ||
genitive | fíréane | fíréana | fíréan | |
dative | fíréan; fhíréan1 |
fhíréan; fhíréin (archaic) |
fíréana; fhíréana2 | |
Comparative | níos fíréane | |||
Superlative | is fíréane |
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]fíréan m (genitive singular fíréin, nominative plural fíréin)
- just person
- sincere person
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- ainfhíréan (“unjust, unrighteous, person”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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fíréan | fhíréan | bhfíréan |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fírén, fírían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 113
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fíréan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN