feairín

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fʲaˈɾʲiːnʲ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲaɾˠiːnʲ/

Noun

feairín m (genitive singular feairín, nominative plural feairíní)

1. 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

Declension of feairín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative feairín feairíní Vocative a fheairín a fheairíní Genitive feairín feairíní Dative feairín feairíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an feairín na feairíní Genitive an fheairín na bhfeairíní Dative leis an bhfeairín don fheairín leis na feairíní

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
feairín	fheairín	bhfeairín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “feairín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy