fiagaire

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From fia (“deer”) +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲiəɣəɾʲə/[2] (corresponding to the form fiadhaire)

Noun

fiagaire m (genitive singular fiagaire, nominative plural fiagairí)

  1. alternative form of fiagaí (“hunter, huntsman”)

Declension

Declension of fiagaire (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fiagaire fiagairí
vocative a fhiagaire a fhiagairí
genitive fiagaire fiagairí
dative fiagaire fiagairí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fiagaire na fiagairí
genitive an fhiagaire na bhfiagairí
dative leis an bhfiagaire
don fhiagaire 		leis na fiagairí

Mutation

Mutated forms of fiagaire
radical lenition eclipsis
fiagaire fhiagaire bhfiagaire

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

References

  1. ^ “fiadhaire”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 338, page 116

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “fiaḋaire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 449; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiagaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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