fír
Irish
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
fír
- inflection of fíor:
- vocative/genitive singular masculine
- (archaic) dative singular feminine
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms
- fighir (superseded)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fír | fhír | bhfír |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 62
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Nominative singular all genders; feminine and neuter vocative singular; masculine and neuter accusative and dative singular; genitive plural all genders:
- IPA(key): /fʲiːr/
Masculine vocative singular; masculine and neuter genitive singular; feminine accusative and dative singular; masculine nominative plural:
- IPA(key): /fʲiːrʲ/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *wīros.
Adjective
fír
- true
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 22b23
- Ci as·bera nech ro·pïa nem cía du·gneid na rétu sa, nípa fír.
- Even if anyone says you pl will have heaven although you do these things, it will not be true.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 22b23
Inflection
| o/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | fír | fír | fír |
| Vocative | fír | ||
| Accusative | fír | fír | |
| Genitive | fír | fíre | fír |
| Dative | fír | fír | fír |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | fír | fíra | |
| Vocative | fíru fíra† | ||
| Accusative | fíru fíra† | ||
| Genitive | fír | ||
| Dative | fíraib | ||
| Notes | † not when substantivized | ||
Etymology 2
From Proto-Celtic *wīrom.
Inflection
| Neuter o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | fírN | fírN | fírL, fíra |
| Vocative | fírN | fírN | fírL, fíra |
| Accusative | fírN | fírN | fírL, fíra |
| Genitive | fírL | fír | fírN |
| Dative | fírL | fíraib | fíraib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| fír | ḟír | fír pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fír”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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