Fíachrai

Old Irish

Etymology

Possibly meaning “battle king”,[1] from Primitive Irish ᚃᚓᚊᚏᚓᚊ (veqreq), from Proto-Celtic *Weikorīxs (whence also Latin Vēcorīx, rendering a Gaulish name), from the roots of fichid (“to fight”) +‎ rí (“king”).

Proper noun

Fíachrai m (genitive Fíachrach)

  1. a male given name

Inflection

Masculine g-stem
singular dual plural
nominative Fíachrai — —
vocative Fíachrai — —
accusative FíachraigN — —
genitive Fíachrach — —
dative FíachraigL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: Fíachra
    • Irish: Fiachra

Mutation

Mutation of Fíachrai
radical lenition nasalization
Fíachrai Ḟíachrai Fíachrai
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

  1. ^ Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 98
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