Irish

Noun

Aifreann m ‎(genitive singular Aifrinn, nominative plural Aifrinn)

1. Mass (liturgical service or the music for it)

Declension

• Alternative plural forms: Aifreannacha (Cois Fharraige), Aifrinntí

Derived terms

• Aifreannach m ‎(“Mass-goer”)
• Ard-Aifreann m ‎(“High Mass”)

Mutation

References

• “oifrend” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “Aifreann” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 21.
• "Aifreann" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• aifreann
• aifrionn
• Aifhreann

Etymology

From Middle Irish aifrend, from Old Irish oifrend, from Latin offerenda, from offerō.

Noun

Aifreann m, f ‎(genitive singular Aifrinn, plural Aifreannan)

1. Mass (liturgical service or the music for it)

Usage notes

• In Scottish Catholic areas of feminine gender.
• The form Aifhreann is used on the mainland.

Derived terms

• taigh-aifrinn m ‎(“mass-house”)

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “oifrend” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Irish

Noun

aifreann m ‎(genitive singular aifrinn, nominative plural aifrinn)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Aifreann

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

aifreann m, f ‎(genitive singular aifrinn, plural aifreannan)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Aifreann