feairín

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fʲaˈɾʲiːnʲ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲaɾˠiːnʲ/

Noun

feairín m (genitive singular feairín, nominative plural feairíní)

1. Alternative form of firín (“little man, manikin”) [from 1899]
   • 1919, Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha, “Caibidiol XIV: Oiḋċe iascaiġ”, in Jimín Mháire Thaidhg, Dublin: Coṁluċt Oideaċais na hÉireann, page 95:

     An feairín boċt láġaċ san atá aici—ná fuil a ċroiḋe ’s a ṁisneaċ briste sa duine boċt.

     That poor little man by her—aren’t his heart and soul broken in the poor man.

Declension

Declension of feairín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative feairín feairíní vocative a fheairín a fheairíní genitive feairín feairíní dative feairín feairíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an feairín na feairíní genitive an fheairín na bhfeairíní dative leis an bhfeairín don fheairín leis na feairíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of feairín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
feairín	fheairín	bhfeairín

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

Further reading

• “feairín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy