firéan

firéan

See also: fíréan

Irish

Etymology

From fear (“man”) +‎ éan (“bird”).

Noun

firéan m (genitive singular firéin, nominative plural firéin)

1. (obsolete) male bird, cock

Inflection

Declension of firéan

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative firéan firéin Vocative a fhiréin a fhiréana Genitive firéin firéan Dative firéan firéin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an firéan na firéin Genitive an fhiréin na bhfiréan Dative leis an bhfiréan don fhiréan leis na firéin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
firéan	fhiréan	bhfiréan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “firéan”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN