# fírinne
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish fírinne, from fír (“true”) (see fíor).

### Pronunciation

* (Waterford, Cork) IPA: /ˈfʲiːɾʲɪɲɪ/
* (Kerry) IPA: /ˈfʲiːɾʲənʲə/
* (Connacht, Ulster) IPA: /ˈfʲiːɾʲən̠ʲə/

### Noun

fírinne f (genitive singular fírinne, nominative plural fírinní)
* truth

#### Declension

Fourth declension

#### Antonyms

* neamhfhírinne

#### Derived terms

* buanfhírinne f (“eternal truth”)
* déanta na fírinne (“to tell the truth, as a matter of fact”)

#### Related terms

* fíor (“true”)

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fírinne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 33, page 19
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 113
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 251, page 90

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fírinne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Old Irish
### Etymology

From fírían +‎ -e.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɸʲiːrʲin͈ʲe]

### Noun

fírinne f
* justice, righteousness
* truth

#### Inflection

Feminine iā-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | fírinne$^L$ | — | — |
| Vocative | fírinne$^L$ | — | — |
| Accusative | fírinni$^N$ | — | — |
| Genitive | fírinne | — | — |
| Dative | fírinni$^L$ | — | — |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

#### Quotations

* 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. 18$^c$6
    Is machthad limm a threte do·rérachtid máam fírinne et soscéli; .i. i⟨s⟩ súaignid nírubtar gaítha for comairli. Is dían do·rréractid maám ind ṡoscéli.I marvel how quickly you pl have abandoned the yoke of righteousness and [the] gospel; i.e. it is clear that your counsels have not been wise. It is swiftly that you have abandoned the yoke of the gospel.(literally, “it is a wonder to me its quickness that…”)
* c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 55$^d$11
    Amal du·berad nech hi ceist do Dauid: “Húare is móir sléb fírinne Dǽ, cid ara fodmai-siu, ⟨a⟩ Dauid, didiu a ndu imnedaib ⁊ frithoircnib fodaimi? Air it fírían-⟨s⟩u.” Ícaid-som didiu anísin, a n-as·mbeir iudicia Domini abisus multa .i. ataat mesai Dǽ nephchomtetarrachti amal abis ⁊ amal fudumain. Is ed in sin fod·era in n-erígim, cid ara fodaim int aís fírían inna fochaidi, ⁊ cid ara mbiat in pecthaig isnaib soinmechaib.As though someone had put as a question to David: “Because God’s righteousness is as great as a mountain, why then, David, dost thou suffer what of afflictions and injuries thou sufferest? For thou art righteous.” He solves that then when he says “iudicia Domini abyssus multa”, i.e. there are judgments of God incomprehensible like an abyss and like a depth. That is what causes the complaint why the righteous folk endure tribulations, and why sinners are in prosperity.

#### Descendants

* Irish: fírinne
* Manx: firriney
* Scottish Gaelic: fìrinne

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fírinne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language