fireannach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish firennach (“male”), from firend.
Adjective
fireannach (genitive singular masculine fireannaigh, genitive singular feminine fireannaí, plural fireannacha, comparative fireannaí)
- having male offspring
- male
- Synonym: fireann
Declension
Declension of fireannach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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)
- male
Declension
Declension of fireannach
First declension
Bare forms:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “firennach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “fireannach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “fireannach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish firennach (“male”), from firend.
Adjective
fireannach
- male, masculine
Related terms
- fireann
- fireannta
Noun
fireannach m (genitive singular fireannaich, plural fireannaich)
- man
- Synonym: fear
- male
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
fireannach | fhireannach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “firennach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language