fiadh
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Fiadh.
Irish
Etymology 1
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Noun
fiadh m (genitive singular fiadha)
Declension
Declension of fiadh
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Etymology 2
Noun
fiadh m (genitive singular fiadha, nominative plural fiadhanna)
Declension
Declension of fiadh
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fiadh | fhiadh | bhfiadh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “5 fíad (‘respect, esteem’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish fíad. Cognates include Irish fia and Manx feeaih.
Pronunciation
Noun
fiadh m (genitive singular fèidh, plural fèidh)
Declension
Declension of fiadh (type I masculine noun)
| Indefinite | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | fiadh | fèidh |
| Genitive | fèidh | fhiadh |
| Dative | fiadh | fèidh; fiadhaibh✝ |
| Definite | ||
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | (am) fiadh | (na) fèidh |
| Genitive | (an) fhèidh | (nam) fiadh |
| Dative | (an) fhiadh | (na) fèidh; fiadhaibh✝ |
| Vocative | fhèidh | fhiadha |
✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century
Derived terms
- agh-féidh (“fawn, hind”)
- balg-losgainn nan damh-féidh (“hart's balls (Elaphomyces granulatus)”)
- cabar-féidh (“antler”)
- fèidhfheoil (“venison”)
- fiadh geal-cheireach (“white-tailed deer”)
- fiadh Lochlannach (“reindeer”)
- fiadh-comhartaich (“muntjac”)
- fiadh-daimh (“stag”)
- fiadh-ruadh (“red deer”)
- fiadh-sneachda (“reindeer”)
- fiadh-uisge (“water deer”)
- laogh-féidh (“fawn”)
- lus-féidh clòimheach (“Alpine cotton-grass”)
- mialchu-féidh (“deerhound”)
- praiseach-féidh Ailpeach (“Alpine penny-cress”)
- praiseach-féidh (“common penny-cress”)
Mutation
| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| fiadh | fhiadh |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Colin Mark (2003) “fiadh”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 299
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 fíad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language