feairín
Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
feairín m (genitive singular feairín, nominative plural feairíní)
- alternative form of firín (“little man, manikin”) [from 1899]
- 1919, Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha, “Caibidiol XIV: Oiḋċe iascaiġ”, in Jimín Mháire Thaidhg, Dublin: Coṁluċt Oideaċais na hÉireann, page 95:
- An feairín boċt láġaċ san atá aici—ná fuil a ċroiḋe ’s a ṁisneaċ briste sa duine boċt.
- That poor little man by her—aren’t his heart and soul broken in the poor man.
Declension
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Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| feairín | fheairín | bhfeairín |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 75
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 107
Further reading
- “feairín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy