fiagaí

Irish

Alternative forms

• fiadhaidhe (superseded)
• fiadhaí, fiadhaighe, fiadhguidhe, fiadhuidhe, fiagaidhe, fiaguidhe, fiaguighe (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish fíadaige. By surface analysis, fia (“deer”) +‎ -aí (agentive suffix). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fiadhaiche.

Noun

fiagaí m (genitive singular fiagaí, nominative plural fiagaithe)

1. hunter

Declension

Declension of fiagaí (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative fiagaí fiagaithe vocative a fhiagaí a fhiagaithe genitive fiagaí fiagaithe dative fiagaí fiagaithe forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an fiagaí na fiagaithe genitive an fhiagaí na bhfiagaithe dative leis an bhfiagaí don fhiagaí leis na fiagaithe

Synonyms

• sealgaire

Derived terms

• fiagaí cnuasaitheoir (“hunter-gatherer”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fiagaí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fiagaí	fhiagaí	bhfiagaí

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “fiaḋaiḋe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiagaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN