fiadhach

Irish

Noun

fiadhach m (genitive singular fiadhaigh)

1. Superseded spelling of fiach (“hunting”).

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fiadhach	fhiadhach	bhfiadhach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fíadach, synchronically fiadh (“deer”) +‎ -ach.

Noun

fiadhach m (genitive singular fiadhaich)

1. hunting, especially of deer
2. venison
3. herd of deer
4. deer-forest

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
fiadhach	fhiadhach
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), “fíadach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language