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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish Fíngin (literally “wine-born”), from fín (“wine”) + gein (“birth”).
Proper noun
Fínín m (genitive Fhínín)
- a male given name from Old Irish
Usage notes
Historically anglicized as Florence, to which it is etymologically unrelated.
Further reading
- “Fínín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 100
Etymology 2
From fianna (as in Fianna Éireann) + -ín. The monophthongization of ia to í is probably due to the influence of English Fenian, of the given name, or both.
Noun
Fínín m (genitive singular Fínín, nominative plural Fíníní)
- (historical) Fenian
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Fínín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “Fínín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Fínín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| Fínín
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Fhínín
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bhFínín
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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