fiann

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish fían, from Proto-Celtic *weinā (“band of warriors”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue”). Cognate with Latin vēnor (“I hunt”), Old English wynn (“joy, desire”) and Old Norse vinr (“friend”).

Noun

fiann f (genitive singular féinne, nominative plural fianna)

  1. roving band of warrior-hunters
  2. band of soldiers
  3. (by extension) band, group

Declension

Declension of fiann (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative fiann fianna
vocative a fhiann a fhianna
genitive féinne fiann
dative fiann
féinn (archaic, dialectal) 		fianna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fhiann na fianna
genitive na féinne na bhfiann
dative leis an bhfiann
leis an bhféinn (archaic, dialectal)
don fhiann
don fhéinn (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na fianna

Derived terms

Noun

fiann m

  1. (obsolete, rare)
    1. (historical, Irish mythology) a Fenian
    2. a soldier
    3. hero, champion
    4. one of the Fianna Éireann

Mutation

Mutated forms of fiann
radical lenition eclipsis
fiann fhiann bhfiann

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

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