fíach

See also: fiach

Old Irish

Noun

fíach m (genitive féich, nominative plural féich)

1. due, obligation
2. debt

Declension

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	fíach	fíachL	féichL
vocative	féich	fíachL	fíachuH
accusative	fíachN	fíachL	fíachuH
genitive	féichL	fíach	fíachN
dative	fíachL	fíachaib	fíachaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Related terms

• féchem

Descendants

• Irish: fiach
• Manx: feeagh
• Scottish Gaelic: fiach

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fíach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language