d'fhiacha
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “of debts”
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- incumbent [with ar ‘upon’]
- 1906, E. C. Quiggin, A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 73:
- tα: ʃɛ jiəχfwi: ɔrəm
- Tá sé d’fhiacha orm. (conventional orthography)
- It is incumbent upon me.
Derived terms
[edit]- cuir d'fhiacha ar (“to enjoin”)
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 73
Further reading
[edit]- “d'fhiacha”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fíach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “d'fhiacha”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 311
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “d'fhiacha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “d'fhiacha”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024