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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Adjective

fireannach

  1. male, masculine

Noun

fireannach m (genitive singular fireannaich, plural fireannaich)

  1. man
    Synonym: fear
  2. male

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
fireannachfhireannach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “firennach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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