firend

Old Irish

Etymology

From fer (“man”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸʲi.ɾʲən̪d̪/
  • (Blasse) [ˈɸʲi.ɾʲen̪d̪]
  • (Griffith) [ˈɸʲi.ɾʲən̪d̪]

Adjective

firend

1. (of animals) male

Derived terms

• firennach

Descendants

• Irish: fireann
• Scottish Gaelic: fireann

Mutation

Mutation of firend

radical	lenition	nasalization
firend	ḟirend	firend pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/

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

References

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