fiagaire

Irish

Alternative forms

• fiadhaire (superseded)

Etymology

From fia (“deer”) +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲiəɣəɾʲə/ (corresponding to the form fiadhaire)

Noun

fiagaire m (genitive singular fiagaire, nominative plural fiagairí)

1. Alternative form of fiagaí (“hunter, huntsman”)

Declension

Declension of fiagaire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fiagaire fiagairí vocative a fhiagaire a fhiagairí genitive fiagaire fiagairí dative fiagaire fiagairí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fiagaire na fiagairí genitive an fhiagaire na bhfiagairí dative leis an bhfiagaire don fhiagaire leis na fiagairí

Mutation

Mutated forms of fiagaire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fiagaire	fhiagaire	bhfiagaire

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) “fiaḋaire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiagaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN