firend

Old Irish

Etymology

From fer (“man”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʲirʲen͈d/, /ˈfʲirʲen͈/

Adjective

firend

1. (of animals) male

Derived terms

• firennach

Descendants

• Irish: fireann
• Scottish Gaelic: fireann

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
firend	ḟirend	firend pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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