fírién

See also: firíen and firién

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɸʲiː.rʲi.eːn]

Adjective

fírién

1. Alternative form of fírían (“just, righteous”)
   • 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. 74^c20

     Húare ro·comallada inna imneda ⁊ fo·ruirmed cenn forsnaib cotarsnaib du·rairngirt-siu, is fíri{ri}én trá fuä n-indas sin tabart díglae foraibsom.

     Because the troubles have been fulfilled, and an end has been put to the adversities that you sg have promised, it is just, then, to inflict vengeance on them in that way.

   • 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. 105^b14

     Bed messe .i. no·comallaibthe ⁊ rom·bad fírién insce Dǽ.

     That it would be me, i.e. that the word of God would be fulfilled and would be righteous.

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fírién	fírién	fírién
Vocative	fírién, fíriéin* fírién**
Accusative	fírién	fírién, fíriéin
Genitive	fírién, fíriéin	fírién, fíriéine	fírién, fíriéin
Dative	fírién	fírién, fíriéin	fírién
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	fírién, fíriéin	fíriéna
Vocative	fíriénu fíriéna†
Accusative	fíriénu fíriéna†
Genitive	fírién
Dative	fíriénaib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Mutation

Mutation of fírién

radical	lenition	nasalization
fírién	ḟírién	fírién 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.