fírién

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See also: firíen and firién

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Adjective

fírién

  1. Alternative form of fírían (“just, righteous”)
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 74c20
      Húare ro·comallada inna imneda ⁊ fo·ruirmed cenn forsnaib cotarsnaib du·rairngirt-siu, is fíri{ri}én trá fuä n-indas sin tabart díglae foraibsom.
      Because the troubles have been fulfilled, and an end has been put to the adversities that you sg have promised, it is just, then, to inflict vengeance on them in that way.
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 105b14
      Bed messe .i. no·comallaibthe ⁊ rom·bad fírién insce Dǽ.
      That it would be me, i.e. that the word of God would be fulfilled and would be righteous.

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative fírién fírién fírién
Vocative fírién, fíriéin*
fírién**
Accusative fírién fírién, fíriéin
Genitive fírién, fíriéin fírién, fíriéine fírién, fíriéin
Dative fírién fírién, fíriéin fírién
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative fírién, fíriéin fíriéna
Vocative fíriénu
fíriéna†
Accusative fíriénu
fíriéna†
Genitive fírién
Dative fíriénaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Mutation

Mutation of fírién
radical lenition nasalization
fírién ḟírién fírién
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

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

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