fírían

See also: firian and fírián

Old Irish

Alternative forms

fírién, fírión

Etymology

From the root of fír (“true”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɸʲiː.rʲiːa̯n]

Adjective

fírían

just, righteous

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fírían	fírían	fírían
Vocative	fíríain* fírían**	fírían
Accusative	fírían	fíríain
Genitive	fíríain	fíríaine	fíríain
Dative	fírían	fíríain	fírían
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	fíríain	fíríana
Vocative	fíríanu fíríana†
Accusative	fíríanu fíríana†
Genitive	fírían
Dative	fíríanaib
Notes	modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative *modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Quotations

c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 55^d11
Amal du·berad nech hi ceist do Dauid: “Húare is móir sléb fírinne Dǽ, cid ara fodmai-siu, ⟨a⟩ Dauid, didiu a ndu imnedaib ⁊ frithoircnib fo·daimi? Air it fírían-⟨s⟩u.” Ícaid-som didiu anísin, a n‑as·mbeir iudicia Domini abisus multa .i. ataat mesai Dǽ nephchomtetarrachti amal abis ⁊ amal fudumain. Is ed in sin fod·era in n‑erígim, cid ara fodaim int aís fírían inna fochaidi, ⁊ cid ara mbiat in pecthaig isnaib soinmechaib.
As though someone had put as a question to David: “Because God’s righteousness is as great as a mountain, why then, David, dost thou suffer what of afflictions and injuries thou sufferest? For thou art righteous.” He solves that then when he says “iudicia Domini abyssus multa”, i.e. there are judgments of God incomprehensible like an abyss and like a depth. That is what causes the complaint why the righteous folk endure tribulations, and why sinners are in prosperity.
c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 94^b7
Amal as messe duda·forsat inna dúli, is mé dano bǽras mes fírían foraib.
As it is I who have created the elements, so too it is I who will pass righteous judgment on them.

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle Irish: fírén
- Irish: fíréan
- Scottish Gaelic: fírean

Mutation

Mutation of *fírían*
radical	lenition	nasalization
fírían	ḟírían	fírían 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.