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

Positive	singular		plural
	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 singular plural nominative fireannach fireannaigh vocative a fhireannaigh a fhireannacha genitive fireannaigh fireannach dative fireannach fireannaigh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an fireannach na fireannaigh genitive an fhireannaigh na bhfireannach dative leis an bhfireannach don fhireannach leis na fireannaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of fireannach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fireannach	fhireannach	bhfireannach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fireannach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “firennach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “fireannach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fireannach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Adjective

fireannach

1. male, masculine

Related terms

• fireann
• fireannta

Noun

fireannach m (genitive singular fireannaich, plural fireannaich)

1. man

   Synonym: fear

2. male

Mutation

Mutation of fireannach

radical	lenition
fireannach	fhireannach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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