firín

See also: fırın and firîn

Irish

Alternative forms

• feairín

Etymology

fear +‎ -ín

Noun

firín m (genitive singular firín, nominative plural firíní)

1. diminutive of fear: little man, manikin

Declension

Declension of firín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative firín firíní vocative a fhirín a fhiríní genitive firín firíní dative firín firíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an firín na firíní genitive an fhirín na bhfiríní dative leis an bhfirín don fhirín leis na firíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of firín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
firín	fhirín	bhfirín

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “firíne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “firín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 318
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “firín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “firín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “firín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025