fia-

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "fia"

Irish

Etymology

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Prefix

fia-

wild
large, outsize

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with fia-

fia-bhán m (“untilled lea”)
fia-chaileach f, fia-chaille m (“hag, witch; unruly woman”)
fia-chapall m (“wild horse”)
fia-chat m (“wildcat”)
fia-chloch f (“large isolated shore rock”)
fia-chollach m (“wild boar”)
fia-chorcán m (“large pot, cauldron”)
fia-lacha f (“wild duck”)
fia-úll m (“crab-apple”)
fiabheart m (“huge bundle”)
fiabheatha f (“wildlife”)
fiabhuidéal m (“large bottle”)
fiafhás m (“outgrowth”)
fiaghalún m (“large vessel; large measure”)
fialuibh f (“wild herb”)
fialus m (“wild herb, weed”)
fiamhíol m (“wild animal; deer”)
fiamhuc f (“wild pig”)
fianeantóg f (“nettle growing on waste land”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fia-	fhia-	bhfia-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fia-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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