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Noun [Irish]

Etymology: From 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”). Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*weyh₁-}}, {{inh|ga|sga|fían}} Old Irish fían, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*weinā|t=band of warriors}} Proto-Celtic *weinā (“band of warriors”), {{der|ga|ine-pro|*weyh₁-|t=to chase, pursue}} Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue”), {{cog|la|vēnor|t=I hunt}} Latin vēnor (“I hunt”), {{cog|ang|wynn|t=joy, desire}} Old English wynn (“joy, desire”), {{cog|non|vinr|t=friend}} Old Norse vinr (“friend”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|féinne|||||||nominative plural|fianna|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} fiann f (genitive singular féinne, nominative plural fianna), {{ga-noun|f|féinne|fianna}} fiann f (genitive singular féinne, nominative plural fianna) Forms: féinne [genitive, singular], fianna [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], 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], no-table-tags [table-tags], 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], fian [alternative]
  1. roving band of warrior-hunters Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fiann-ga-noun-lNuKHqgi Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, War Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 25 6 2 21 2 15 30 Disambiguation of War: 40 0 0 35 0 23 2
  2. band of soldiers Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fiann-ga-noun-WigunKWu Categories (other): Military Disambiguation of Military: 0 100 0 0 0 0 0
  3. (by extension) band, group Tags: broadly, feminine
    Sense id: en-fiann-ga-noun-EvoPKrJj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Amhrán na bhFiann, fiann fichille (english: set of chessmen), Fianna Éireann (english: national insurrectionary scout body), Fianna Fáil (english: political party), Fianna Fhinn (english: legendary warrior-bands of Fionn Mac Cumhaill), fiannas (english: military service) [masculine], na Fianna (english: legendary warrior-bands of Fionn Mac Cumhaill) Related terms: féinní (english: roving warrior) [masculine], fiannach (english: pertaining to warrior bands) [adjective], fiannaí (english: storyteller) [masculine], fiannaíocht (english: service in a warrior band) [feminine], fiannlaoch (english: member of warrior band) [masculine]

Noun [Irish]

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], fiann [error-unrecognized-form], fhiann [error-unrecognized-form], bhfiann [error-unrecognized-form], fian [alternative]
Etymology: From 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”). Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*weyh₁-}}, {{inh|ga|sga|fían}} Old Irish fían, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*weinā|t=band of warriors}} Proto-Celtic *weinā (“band of warriors”), {{der|ga|ine-pro|*weyh₁-|t=to chase, pursue}} Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue”), {{cog|la|vēnor|t=I hunt}} Latin vēnor (“I hunt”), {{cog|ang|wynn|t=joy, desire}} Old English wynn (“joy, desire”), {{cog|non|vinr|t=friend}} Old Norse vinr (“friend”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|g=m}} fiann m Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}}
  1. (obsolete, rare)
    (historical, Irish mythology) a Fenian
    Tags: Irish, historical, masculine, obsolete, rare
    Sense id: en-fiann-ga-noun-O1RZfAzh Categories (other): Irish mythology, Irish entries with incorrect language header, Irish links with redundant alt parameters, Irish links with redundant wikilinks, War Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 25 6 2 21 2 15 30 Disambiguation of Irish links with redundant alt parameters: 14 7 2 38 2 23 14 Disambiguation of Irish links with redundant wikilinks: 16 6 2 34 2 21 18 Disambiguation of War: 40 0 0 35 0 23 2 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. (obsolete, rare)
    a soldier
    Tags: masculine, obsolete, rare
    Sense id: en-fiann-ga-noun-kqBmFFaK
  3. (obsolete, rare)
    hero, champion
    Tags: masculine, obsolete, rare
    Sense id: en-fiann-ga-noun-tZlrhWyt Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, War Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 25 6 2 21 2 15 30 Disambiguation of War: 40 0 0 35 0 23 2
  4. (obsolete, rare)
    one of the Fianna Éireann
    Tags: masculine, obsolete, rare
    Sense id: en-fiann-ga-noun-S--LRCuB Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 25 6 2 21 2 15 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 6 2 7 2 6 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 5 2 7 2 5 48

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
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      "english": "set of chessmen",
      "word": "fiann fichille"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "national insurrectionary scout body",
      "word": "Fianna Éireann"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "political party",
      "word": "Fianna Fáil"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "word": "Fianna Fhinn"
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}
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      "word": "Amhrán na bhFiann"
    },
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      "english": "set of chessmen",
      "word": "fiann fichille"
    },
    {
      "english": "national insurrectionary scout body",
      "word": "Fianna Éireann"
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      "english": "political party",
      "word": "Fianna Fáil"
    },
    {
      "english": "legendary warrior-bands of Fionn Mac Cumhaill",
      "word": "Fianna Fhinn"
    },
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      "english": "military service",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "fianna",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "an fhiann",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "na fianna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na féinne",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "na bhfiann",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "leis an bhfiann",
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        "definite",
        "singular"
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      "form": "leis an bhféinn",
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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        "7": "",
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      "word": "féinní"
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      "word": "fiannach"
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      "english": "storyteller",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fiannaí"
    },
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      "english": "service in a warrior band",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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}

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        "sciences"
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        "Irish terms with obsolete senses",
        "Irish terms with rare senses"
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        "obsolete",
        "rare"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish terms with obsolete senses",
        "Irish terms with rare senses"
      ],
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}

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