fiadh

See also: fiadh- and Fiadh

Irish

Etymology 1

Noun

fiadh m (genitive singular fiadha)

1. (literary) respect, esteem

Declension

Declension of fiadh (third declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative fiadh vocative a fhiadh genitive fiadha dative fiadh forms with the definite article singular nominative an fiadh genitive an fhiadha dative leis an bhfiadh don fhiadh

Etymology 2

From Old Irish fíad. Cognates include Scottish Gaelic fiadh and Manx feeaih.

Noun

fiadh m (genitive singular fiadha, nominative plural fiadhanna)

1. obsolete spelling of fia

Declension

Declension of fiadh (third declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative fiadh fiadhanna vocative a fhiadh a fhiadhanna genitive fiadha fiadhanna dative fiadh fiadhanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an fiadh na fiadhanna genitive an fhiadha na bhfiadhanna dative leis an bhfiadh don fhiadh leis na fiadhanna

Derived terms

• Fiadh

Mutation

Mutated forms of fiadh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fiadh	fhiadh	bhfiadh

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)

1. deer

Declension

Declension of fiadh (type I masculine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	fiadh	fèidh
genitive	fèidh	fhiadh
dative	fiadh	fèidh; fiadhaibh1
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(am) fiadh	(na) fèidh
genitive	(an) fhèidh	(nam) fiadh
dative	(an) fhiadh	(na) fèidh; fiadhaibh1
vocative	fhèidh	fhiadha

¹ 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

radical	lenition
fiadh	fhiadh

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

References

• Mark, Colin (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