fiadh

See also: fiadh-

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

fiadh m (genitive singular fiadha)

1. (literary) respect, esteem

Declension

Declension of fiadh

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative fiadh Vocative a fhiadh Genitive fiadha Dative fiadh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an fiadh Genitive an fhiadha Dative leis an bhfiadh don fhiadh

Etymology 2

Noun

fiadh m (genitive singular fiadha, nominative plural fiadhanna)

1. Obsolete spelling of fia.

Declension

Declension of fiadh

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fiadh fiadhanna Vocative a fhiadh a fhiadhanna Genitive fiadha fiadhanna Dative fiadh fiadhanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fiadh na fiadhanna Genitive an fhiadha na bhfiadhanna Dative leis an bhfiadh don fhiadh leis na fiadhanna

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

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Scottish Gaelic

Fiadh.

Etymology

From Old Irish fíad. Cognates include Irish fia and Manx feeaih.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiə̯ɣ/
• Hyphenation: fiadh

Noun

fiadh m (genitive singular fèidh, plural fèidh)

1. deer

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

• fiadh Lochlannach (“reindeer”)
• fiadh-sneachda (“reindeer”)
• fiadh-ubhal (“crab apple”)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
fiadh	fhiadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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