fírinneach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish fírindech. By surface analysis, fírinne +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Waterford, Cork) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲiːɾʲɪɲəx/
• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲiːɾʲənʲəx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲiːɾʲən̠ʲəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲiːɾʲən̠ʲa(h)/

Adjective

fírinneach (genitive singular masculine fírinnigh, genitive singular feminine fírinní, plural fírinneacha, comparative fírinní)

1. truthful
2. real

   Go fírinneach? ― Really?

Inflection

Declension of fírinneach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	fírinneach	fhírinneach	fírinneacha; fhírinneacha2
vocative	fhírinnigh		fírinneacha
genitive		fírinní	fírinneacha	fírinneach
dative	fírinneach; fhírinneach1	fhírinneach; fhírinnigh (archaic)	fírinneacha; fhírinneacha2
Comparative	níos fírinní
Superlative	is fírinní

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of fírinneach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fírinneach	fhírinneach	bhfírinneach

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

Further reading

• “fírinneach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fírinnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fírinneaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 318
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fírinneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN