fireannach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish firennach (“male”), from firend.

Adjective

fireannach (genitive singular masculine fireannaigh, genitive singular feminine fireannaí, plural fireannacha, comparative fireannaí)

1. having male offspring
2. male

   Synonym: fireann

Declension

Declension of fireannach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fireannach	fhireannach	fireannacha; fhireannacha²
Vocative	fhireannaigh		fireannacha
Genitive		fireannaí	fireannacha	fireannach
Dative	fireannach; fhireannach¹	fhireannach; fhireannaigh (archaic)	fireannacha; fhireannacha²
Comparative	níos fireannaí
Superlative	is fireannaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

fireannach m (genitive singular fireannaigh, nominative plural fireannaigh)

1. male

Declension

Declension of fireannach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fireannach fireannaigh Vocative a fhireannaigh a fhireannacha Genitive fireannaigh fireannach Dative fireannach fireannaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fireannach na fireannaigh Genitive an fhireannaigh na bhfireannach Dative leis an bhfireannach don fhireannach leis na fireannaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fireannach	fhireannach	bhfireannach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fireannach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “firennach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fireannach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fireannach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish firennach (“male”), from firend.

Adjective

fireannach

1. male, masculine

Related terms

• fireann
• fireannta

 

Noun

fireannach m (genitive singular fireannaich, plural fireannaich)

1. man

   Synonym: fear

2. male

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
fireannach	fhireannach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “firennach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language