fiáin
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Irish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Irish fíadan, from Old Irish fíad (“game, wild animals”) (compare Breton gouez), from Proto-Celtic *wēdus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-u-s.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲiənʲ/, [ˈfʲiːɛ̯nʲ] (corresponding to the form fiain)
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfʲiːɑːnʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲi.ænʲ/[1]
Adjective[edit]
fiáin (genitive singular masculine fiáin, genitive singular feminine fiáine, plural fiáine, comparative fiáine)
- wild, uncultivated
- wild, undomesticated
- uncontrolled
- tempestuous
- intensely eager
Declension[edit]
Declension of fiáin
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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.
Alternative forms[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- (wild): fia
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 33
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiáin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fiáin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “fiáin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 30
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
fiáin m sg
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fiáin | fhiáin | bhfiáin |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁weydʰh₁-
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
- Irish non-lemma forms
- Irish noun forms