fiacais

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfiəxkɪʃ/

Interjection

fhiacais!

  1. Used to express complaint, frustration or surprise.
    Fhiacais, tha i fuar! ― Oh deary me it's cold!
    Fhiacais phrìseil! ― Goodness gracious! (dated expression of surprise)

Noun

fiacais f

  1. (Uist, Eigg) Used to indicate that the speaker believes someone is overly inquisitive or nosy.
    Càit an robh thu? – Bha mi aig cùl na fiacais!
    Where have you been? – None of your business!
    (literally, “I was at the back of the fiacais”)
    Dè a tha agad an sin? – Tha pìos den fhiacais.
    What have you got there? – Never you mind.
    (literally, “A piece of the fiacais”)

Alternative forms

Mutation

Mutation of fiacais
radical lenition
fiacais fhiacais

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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