firéan

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See also: fíréan

Irish

Etymology

From fear (“man”) +‎ éan (“bird”).

Noun

firéan m (genitive singular firéin, nominative plural firéin)

  1. (obsolete) male bird, cock

Inflection

Declension of firéan (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative firéan firéin
vocative a fhiréin a fhiréana
genitive firéin firéan
dative firéan firéin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an firéan na firéin
genitive an fhiréin na bhfiréan
dative leis an bhfiréan
don fhiréan 		leis na firéin

Mutation

Mutated forms of firéan
radical lenition eclipsis
firéan fhiréan bhfiréan

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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