fiach

See also: fíach

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʲiəx/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fïach.

Noun

fiach m (genitive singular fiaigh or féich, nominative plural fiacha)

1. raven

   Synonyms: Dónall dubh, fiach dubh

Declension

Declension of fiach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fiach fiacha Vocative a fhiaigh a fhiacha Genitive fiaigh fiach Dative fiach fiacha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fiach na fiacha Genitive an fhiaigh na bhfiach Dative leis an bhfiach don fhiach leis na fiacha

• Alternative genitive singular forms: féich, féigh, fiaich

Derived terms

• fiach mara
• garrfhiach (“vulture”)

 

Etymology 2

From Old Irish fíach (“debt”).

Noun

fiach m (genitive singular féich, nominative plural fiacha)

1. (usually in the plural) debt

   Synonym: fiachas

Declension

Declension of fiach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fiach fiacha Vocative a fhéich a fhiacha Genitive féich fiach Dative fiach fiacha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fiach na fiacha Genitive an fhéich na bhfiach Dative leis an bhfiach don fhiach leis na fiacha

Derived terms

• bailiú fiach (“debt collection”)
• comhdhlúthú fiach (“debt consolidation”)
• fiach fadtéarmach (“long-term debt”)
• fiach náisiúnta (“national debt”)
• maoiniú fiach (“debt financing”)
• státfhiach (“state debt”)

 

Etymology 3

From Old Irish fíadach; synchronically fia (“deer”) +‎ -ach.

Alternative forms

• fiadhach (superseded)

Noun

fiach m (genitive singular fiaigh)

1. hunting

   Synonyms: sealgaireacht, seilg

2. chasing

Declension

Declension of fiach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative fiach Vocative a fhiaigh Genitive fiaigh Dative fiach

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an fiach Genitive an fhiaigh Dative leis an bhfiach don fhiach

Derived terms

• corn fiaigh (“hunting horn”)
• fiach pocadán (“beagle hunting”)
• gadhar fiaigh (“hunting dog”)
• madra fiaigh Weimar (“Weimaraner”)
• na Madraí Fiaigh (“Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs”)
• púdar fiaigh (“sporting powder”)
• spáinnéar fiaigh (“field spaniel”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fiach	fhiach	bhfiach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fíach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fïach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fíadach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fiach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fiach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wesākos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲi.əx/

Noun

fïach m (nominative plural fiaich)

1. raven

   Synonyms: bran, trogan

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	fiach	fiachL	fiaichL
Vocative	fiaich	fiachL	fiachuH
Accusative	fiachN	fiachL	fiachuH
Genitive	fiaichL	fiach	fiachN
Dative	fiuchL	fiachaib	fiachaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: fiach
• Manx: feeagh
• Scottish Gaelic: fitheach

Mutation

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fiach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fíach (“debt”).

Noun

fiach m (genitive singular fèich, plural fiachan)

1. worth, value

   Synonym: luach

2. debt

   Synonym: comain

Adjective

fiach

1. worth, worthy, worthwhile
2. valuable

   Synonyms: prìseil, luachmhor

Mutation

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “fiach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fíach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language