fiadhaich

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish fíadach, from fíad (“wild; wild animals”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfiə.ɪç/

Adjective

fiadhaich

wild (not domesticated)
angry, furious, fierce

Synonyms

(not domesticated): allaidh

Derived terms

craobh-geanmchno-fhiadhaich (“horse chestnut tree”)
creamh-na-muice-fiadhaich (“asparagus”)
dearcag-fhiadhaich (“heathberry”)
torc fiadhaich (“wild boar”)

Adverb

fiadhaich

(Argyll) very, extremely
bha e fiadhaich math ― it was very good

References

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fiadhaich”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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