Fínín

Irish

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /fʲiːˈnʲiːnʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfʲiːnʲiːnʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲiːnʲinʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish Fíngin (literally “wine-born”), from fín (“wine”) + gein (“birth”).

Proper noun

Fínín m (genitive Fhínín)

  1. a male given name from Old Irish
Usage notes

Historically anglicized as Florence, to which it is etymologically unrelated.

Alternative forms
  • Fínghin

Further reading
  • “Fínín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 100

Etymology 2

From fianna (as in Fianna Éireann) + -ín. The monophthongization of ia to í is probably due to the influence of English Fenian, of the given name, or both.

Noun

Fínín m (genitive singular Fínín, nominative plural Fíníní)

  1. (historical) Fenian
Declension
Declension of Fínín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Fínín Fíníní
Vocative a Fhínín a Fhíníní
Genitive Fínín Fíníní
Dative Fínín Fíníní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an Fhínín na Fíníní
Genitive na Fínín na bhFíníní
Dative leis an bhFínín

don Fhínín

 leis na Fíníní
Derived terms

Further reading

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Fínín Fhínín bhFínín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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