ifreann

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish ifernn,[2] from Latin īnfernus, apparently via Brythonic (compare Welsh uffern).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪfʲɾʲən̪ˠ/[3][4]
  • Homophone: Aifreann (one Aran pronunciation)

Noun

ifreann m (genitive singular ifrinn)

  1. hell

Declension

Declension of ifreann (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative ifreann
vocative a ifrinn
genitive ifrinn
dative ifreann
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-ifreann
genitive an ifrinn
dative leis an ifreann
don ifreann

Derived terms

  • ifreanda (“hellish, infernal”)
  • ifreannach (“demon, fiend”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ifreann
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ifreann n-ifreann hifreann t-ifreann

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

References

  1. ^ “ifreann”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ifern, ifrenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 141
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 69

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ifrʲən̪ˠ/

Noun

ifreann f (genitive singular ifrinn, plural ifreannan)

  1. alternative form of ifrinn (“hell”)
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