fíréan

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See also: firéan

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish fírén, from Old Irish fírían (“just, righteous”).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

fíréan (genitive singular masculine fíréin, genitive singular feminine fíréine, plural fíréana, comparative fíréine)

  1. just, righteous
  2. genuine

Declension

Declension of fíréan
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative fíréan fhíréan fíréana;
fhíréana2
vocative fhíréin fíréana
genitive fíréane fíréana fíréan
dative fíréan;
fhíréan1 		fhíréan;
fhíréin (archaic) 		fíréana;
fhíréana2
Comparative níos fíréane
Superlative is fíréane

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

Noun

fíréan m (genitive singular fíréin, nominative plural fíréin)

  1. just person
  2. sincere person

Declension

Declension of fíréan (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative fíréan fíréin
vocative a fhíréin a fhíréana
genitive fíréin fíréan
dative fíréan fíréin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fíréan na fíréin
genitive an fhíréin na bhfíréan
dative leis an bhfíréan
don fhíréan 		leis na fíréin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of fíréan
radical lenition eclipsis
fíréan fhíréan bhfíréan

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fírén, fírían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 113

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