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foireann

Language

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfˠiɾʲən̪ˠ/Category:Irish terms with IPA pronunciation#FOIREANN

Etymology 1

From Old Irish Category:Irish terms inherited from Old Irish#FOIREANN Category:Irish terms derived from Old Irish#FOIREANN foirenn (“band, troop, group of people”), from Proto-Celtic Category:Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic#FOIREANN *worīnā. Cognate with Welsh gwerin (“people, folk”).

Noun

foireann f (genitive singular foirne, nominative plural foirne)Category:Irish lemmas#FOIREANN Category:Irish nouns#FOIREANN Category:Irish entries with incorrect language header#FOIREANN Category:Irish feminine nouns#FOIREANN Category:Pages with entries#FOIREANN Category:Pages with 1 entry#FOIREANN

number, group, of people; band, troop, company, staff, personnel
(nautical Category:ga:Nautical#FOIREANN) crew
Synonym: criú
(sports Category:ga:Sports#FOIREANN) team, side
Synonym: meitheal
cast (of a play)
Synonym: foireann aisteoirí
set, kit

Declension

Declension of foireann (second declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	foireann	foirne
vocative	a fhoireann	a fhoirne
genitive	foirne	foirne
dative	foireann foirinn (archaic, dialectal)	foirne

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an fhoireann	na foirne
genitive	na foirne	na bhfoirne
dative	leis an bhfoireann leis an bhfoirinn (archaic, dialectal) don fhoireann don fhoirinn (archaic, dialectal)	leis na foirne

Category:Irish second-declension nouns#FOIREANN Category:Irish second-declension nouns#FOIREANN

Derived terms

bainistíocht foirne f (“people management”)
foireann an Bhéarla m (“the Englishry”)
foireann ar cuairt m (“visiting team”)
foireann chuairte m (“visiting team”)
foireann drumaí m (“drum kit”)
oifigeach foirne m (“staff officer”)

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “foireann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “foirenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

foireannCategory:Irish non-lemma forms#FOIREANN Category:Irish verb forms#FOIREANN Category:Irish entries with incorrect language header#FOIREANN Category:Pages with entries#FOIREANN Category:Pages with 1 entry#FOIREANN

analytic present indicative of foir

Mutation

Mutated forms of *foireann*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
foireann	fhoireann	bhfoireann

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Category:Irish feminine nouns Category:Irish lemmas Category:Irish non-lemma forms Category:Irish nouns Category:Irish second-declension nouns Category:Irish terms derived from Old Irish Category:Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic Category:Irish terms inherited from Old Irish Category:Irish terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Irish verb forms Category:Pages with 1 entry Category:Pages with entries Category:ga:Nautical Category:ga:People Category:ga:Sports