Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish fíad. Cognates include Scottish Gaelic fia and Manx feeaih.
Noun
fiadh m (genitive singular fiadha)
- (literary) respect, esteem
Declension
Declension of fiadh (third declension, no plural)
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Etymology 2
Noun
fiadh m (genitive singular fiadha, nominative plural fiadhanna)
- obsolete spelling of fia
Declension
Declension of fiadh (third declension)
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Mutation
Mutated forms of fiadh
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| fiadh
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fhiadh
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bhfiadh
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “5 fíad (‘respect, esteem’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish fíad. Cognates include Irish fia and Manx feeaih.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfiə̯ɣ/
- Hyphenation: fiadh
Noun
fiadh m (genitive singular fèidh, plural fèidh)
- deer
Declension
Declension of fiadh (type I masculine noun)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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fiadh
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fèidh
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| genitive
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fèidh
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fhiadh
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| dative
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fiadh
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fèidh; fiadhaibh✝
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| definite
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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(am) fiadh
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(na) fèidh
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| genitive
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(an) fhèidh
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(nam) fiadh
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| dative
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(an) fhiadh
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(na) fèidh; fiadhaibh✝
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| vocative
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fhèidh
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fhiadha
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✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century
Derived terms
- agh-féidh (“fawn, hind”)
- balg-losgainn nan damh-féidh (“hart's balls (Elaphomyces granulatus)”)
- cabar-féidh (“antler”)
- fèidhfheoil (“venison”)
- fiadh geal-cheireach (“white-tailed deer”)
- fiadh Lochlannach (“reindeer”)
- fiadh-comhartaich (“muntjac”)
- fiadh-daimh (“stag”)
- fiadh-ruadh (“red deer”)
- fiadh-sneachda (“reindeer”)
- fiadh-uisge (“water deer”)
- laogh-féidh (“fawn”)
- lus-féidh clòimheach (“Alpine cotton-grass”)
- mialchu-féidh (“deerhound”)
- praiseach-féidh (“common penny-cress”)
- praiseach-féidh Ailpeach (“Alpine penny-cress”)
Mutation
Mutation of fiadh
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lenition
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| fiadh |
fhiadh
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Colin Mark (2003) “fiadh”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 299
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 fíad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language