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Old Irish
Etymology
Possibly meaning “battle king”,[1] from Primitive Irish ᚃᚓᚊᚏᚓᚊ (veqreq), from Proto-Celtic *Weikorīxs (whence also Latin Vēcorīx, rendering a Gaul's name), from the roots of fichid (“to fight”) + rí (“king”).
Proper noun
Fíachrai m (genitive Fíachrach)
- a male given name
Inflection
| Masculine g-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| Nominative
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Fíachrai
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| Vocative
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Fíachrai
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| Accusative
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FíachraigN
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| Genitive
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Fíachrach
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| Dative
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FíachraigL
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Descendants
Mutation
Mutation of Fíachrai
| radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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| Fíachrai
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Ḟíachrai
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Fíachrai
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 98