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Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
fianna m pl
- plural of fia (“deer”)
Noun
fianna f pl
- nominative/dative plural of fiann (“band of soldiers; band, group”)
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fianna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fianna”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “fianna”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025