fiaghabhar

Irish

Etymology

From fia- (“wild”) +‎ gabhar (“goat”).

Noun

fiaghabhar m (genitive singular fiaghabhair, nominative plural fiaghabhair)

1. wild goat, chamois

   Synonym: gabhar fia

Declension

Declension of fiaghabhar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fiaghabhar fiaghabhair Vocative a fhiaghabhair a fhiaghabhara Genitive fiaghabhair fiaghabhar Dative fiaghabhar fiaghabhair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fiaghabhar na fiaghabhair Genitive an fhiaghabhair na bhfiaghabhar Dative leis an bhfiaghabhar don fhiaghabhar leis na fiaghabhair

Derived terms

• craiceann fiaghabhair m (“chamois-leather”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fiaghabhar	fhiaghabhar	bhfiaghabhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiaghabhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fiaghabhar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm