fiáin

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish fíadan,[1] from Old Irish fíad (“game, wild animals”) (compare Breton gouez), from Proto-Celtic *weidus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-u-s.

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Pronunciation

Adjective

fiáin (genitive singular masculine fiáin, genitive singular feminine fiáine, plural fiáine, comparative fiáine)

  1. wild, uncultivated
  2. wild, undomesticated
  3. uncontrolled
  4. tempestuous
  5. intensely eager
Declension
Declension of fiáin
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative fiáin fhiáin fiáine;
fhiáine2
vocative fhiáin fiáine
genitive fiáine fiáine fiáin
dative fiáin;
fhiáin1 		fhiáin fiáine;
fhiáine2
Comparative níos fiáine
Superlative is fiáine

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

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Etymology 2

Noun

fiáin m sg

  1. vocative/genitive singular of fián

Mutation

Mutated forms of fiáin
radical lenition eclipsis
fiáin fhiáin bhfiáin

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fíadan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ “fiáin”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 57, page 30
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 77, page 33
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