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fireannach

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish firennach (male), from firend.

Adjective

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fireannach (genitive singular masculine fireannaigh, genitive singular feminine fireannaí, plural fireannacha, comparative fireannaí)

  1. having male offspring
  2. male
    Synonym: fireann

Declension

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Declension of fireannach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative fireannach fhireannach fireannacha;
fhireannacha2
vocative fhireannaigh fireannacha
genitive fireannaí fireannacha fireannach
dative fireannach;
fhireannach1
fhireannach;
fhireannaigh (archaic)
fireannacha;
fhireannacha2
Comparative níos fireannaí
Superlative is fireannaí

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

Noun

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fireannach m (genitive singular fireannaigh, nominative plural fireannaigh)

  1. male

Declension

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Declension of fireannach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative fireannach fireannaigh
vocative a fhireannaigh a fhireannacha
genitive fireannaigh fireannach
dative fireannach fireannaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fireannach na fireannaigh
genitive an fhireannaigh na bhfireannach
dative leis an bhfireannach
don fhireannach
leis na fireannaigh

Mutation

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Mutated forms of fireannach
radical lenition eclipsis
fireannach fhireannach bhfireannach

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

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish firennach (male), from firend.

Adjective

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fireannach

  1. male, masculine
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Noun

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fireannach m (genitive singular fireannaich, plural fireannaich)

  1. man
    Synonym: fear
  2. male

Mutation

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Mutation of fireannach
radical lenition
fireannach fhireannach

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

Further reading

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