fia-

See also: fia, FIA, fía, Fía, fià, and fi'a

Irish

Etymology

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Prefix

fia-

1. wild
2. large, outsize

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with fia-

• fia-bhán m (“untilled lea”)
• fia-chaileach f, fia-chaille m (“hag, witch; unruly woman”)
• fia-chapall m (“wild horse”)
• fia-chat m (“wildcat”)
• fia-chloch f (“large isolated shore rock”)
• fia-chollach m (“wild boar”)
• fia-chorcán m (“large pot, cauldron”)
• fia-lacha f (“wild duck”)
• fia-úll m (“crab-apple”)
• fiabheart m (“huge bundle”)
• fiabheatha f (“wildlife”)
• fiabhuidéal m (“large bottle”)
• fiafhás m (“outgrowth”)
• fiaghalún m (“large vessel; large measure”)
• fialuibh f (“wild herb”)
• fialus m (“wild herb, weed”)
• fiamhíol m (“wild animal; deer”)
• fiamhuc f (“wild pig”)
• fianeantóg f (“nettle growing on waste land”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fia-	fhia-	bhfia-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fia-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN