fiodh

See also: fíodh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fid, from Proto-Celtic *widus, whence also Old English wiodu becoming Old English wudu; from Proto-Indo-European *widʰu-, whence also Old English widu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʲi/

Noun

fiodh m (genitive singular feá, nominative plural feánna)

  1. wood, timber

Declension

Declension of fiodh (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fiodh feánna
vocative a fhiodh a fheánna
genitive feá feánna
dative fiodh feánna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fiodh na feánna
genitive an fheá na bhfeánna
dative leis an bhfiodh
don fhiodh 		leis na feánna

Mutation

Mutated forms of fiodh
radical lenition eclipsis
fiodh fhiodh bhfiodh

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fid, from Proto-Celtic *widus, from Proto-Indo-European *widʰu-, whence also Old English wudu.

Pronunciation

Noun

fiodh m (genitive singular fiodha, plural fiodhan)

  1. wood, timber

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 64
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 18
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