fíad

See also: fiad

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲiːa̯ð/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *wēdus, from Proto-Indo-European *widʰu- (“tree”).

Noun

fíad m

1. game, wild animals
2. deer
3. wasteland, wilderness
4. honour
5. respect
6. uncultivated land
7. a territory, land

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• (deer): ag, oss, séd, sideng
• (game): selg
• (wasteland, wilderness): díthrub, fásach
• (honour): agad, airmitiu, cádus, cattú, enech, míad, míadamlae, onóir, ordan
• (respect): airmitiu

Derived terms

• fíadach
• fíadaige
• fíadaigid
• fíadair
• fíadamail
• fíadan
• fíadánta
• fiadántas

 

Descendants

• Irish: fia
• Manx: feeaih
• Scottish Gaelic: fiadh

Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Celtic *wēdos (“sight, presence”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“perceive, see”).

Preposition

fíad

1. before
2. in front of

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
fíad	ḟíad	fíad pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.