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Irish
Etymology
fear + -ín
Noun
firín m (genitive singular firín, nominative plural firíní)
- diminutive of fear: little man, manikin
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| firín
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fhirín
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bhfirín
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “firíne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “firín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 318
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “firín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “firín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “firín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024