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fireannach
fireannach
Irish
Adjective
fireannach (genitive singular masculine fireannaigh, genitive singular feminine fireannaí, plural fireannacha, comparative fireannaí)
Declension
Declension of fireannach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fireannach | fhireannach | fireannacha; fhireannacha² |
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| Vocative | fhireannaigh | fireannacha | ||
| Genitive | fireannaí | fireannacha | fireannach | |
| Dative | fireannach; fhireannach¹ |
fhireannach; fhireannaigh (archaic) |
fireannacha; fhireannacha² |
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| 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.
Synonyms
Noun
fireannach m (genitive singular fireannaigh, nominative plural fireannaigh)
Declension
Declension of fireannach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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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. | ||
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish firennach (“male”).
Noun
fireannach m (genitive singular fireannaich, plural fireannaich)
Synonyms
Adjective
fireannach
Related terms
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. | |