fiadhach

Irish

Noun

fiadhach m (genitive singular fiadhaigh)

1. Superseded spelling of fiach (“hunting”).

Mutation

Mutated forms of fiadhach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fiadhach	fhiadhach	bhfiadhach

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 fíadach, synchronically fiadh (“deer”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiə.əx/

Noun

fiadhach m (genitive singular fiadhaich)

1. hunting, especially of deer
2. venison
3. herd of deer
4. deer-forest

Mutation

Mutation of fiadhach

radical	lenition
fiadhach	fhiadhach

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

References

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