fíado

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wēdonts, a present participle formation of *windeti, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”).

Pronunciation

Noun

fíado m (genitive fíadat)

  1. lord
  2. owner
  3. (by extension) God, the Lord

Inflection

Masculine nt-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fíado fíadaitL fíadait
Vocative fíado fíadaitL fíadta
Accusative fíadaitN fíadaitL fíadta
Genitive fíadat fíadatL fíadatN
Dative fíadaitL fíadtaib fíadtaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
fíado ḟíado fíado
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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