fiann

Irish

From Old Irish fíann, from Proto-Celtic *wēnos (“hero”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“strive for, wish, desire”). Cognate with Latin vēnor (“I hunt”), Old English wynn (“joy, desire”) and Old Norse vinr (“friend”). Akin to Irish fine.

fiann f (genitive singular féinne, nominative plural fianna)

Declension of fiann

Second declension

Bare forms

Terms derived from fiann

fiannas m (“the profession of a warrior, of a soldier; active military service”)
fiann fichille (“set of chessmen”)
Amhrán na bhFiann

Terms related to fiann

féinní m (“member of legendary Fianna; (roving) warrior; soldier; champion”)
fiannach (“having, pertaining to, warrior bands; pertaining to the ancient Fianna; ancient, pertaining to antiquity”, adjective)
fiannaí m (“teller of stories of the ancient Fianna; one versed in ancient lore; romancer, story-teller”)

fiannaíocht f (“service with ancient warrior band; service in Fianna; stories, lays, of the Fianna; ancient lore; romantic story-telling”)
fiannlaoch m (“member of warrior band”)

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fiann	fhiann	bhfiann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.