fíréan

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish fírén, from Old Irish fírían (just, righteous).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

fíréan (genitive singular masculine fíréin, genitive singular feminine fíréine, plural fíréana, comparative fíréine)

  1. just, righteous
  2. genuine

Declension[edit]

Noun[edit]

fíréan m (genitive singular fíréin, nominative plural fíréin)

  1. just person
  2. sincere person

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fíréan fhíréan bhfíréan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fírén, fírían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 113

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