BunúsFrom Old Irish fían, from Proto-Celtic *weinā (“band of warriors”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue”). Cognate with Latin vēnor (“I hunt”), Old English wynn (“joy, desire”) and Old Norse vinr (“friend”).
- feminineroving band of warrior-hunters
- feminineband of soldiers
- broadly, feminineband, group
“Bíonn fiann pleotaí ag crochadh thart timpeall an bpub.” — There's usually a band of gobshites hanging around the pub.
- Irish, historical, masculine, obsolete, rarea Fenian
- masculine, obsolete, rarea soldier
- masculine, obsolete, rarehero, champion
- masculine, obsolete, rareone of the Fianna Éireann
Foirmeachaféinne(genitive, singular) · fianna(nominative, plural) · fiann(indefinite, nominative, singular) · fianna(indefinite, nominative, plural) · a fhiann(indefinite, singular, vocative) · a fhianna(indefinite, plural, vocative) · féinne(genitive, indefinite, singular) · fiann(genitive, indefinite, plural) · fiann(dative, indefinite, singular) · féinn(archaic, dative, dialectal, indefinite, singular) · fianna(dative, indefinite, plural) · an fhiann(definite, nominative, singular) · na fianna(definite, nominative, plural) · na féinne(definite, genitive, singular) · na bhfiann(definite, genitive, plural) · leis an bhfiann(dative, definite, singular) · leis an bhféinn(archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular) · don fhiann(dative, definite, singular) · don fhéinn(archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular) · leis na fianna(dative, definite, plural)
Foinse: Vicífhoclóir