fiaghabhar

Irish

Etymology

From fia- (“wild”) +‎ gabhar (“goat”).

Noun

fiaghabhar m (genitive singular fiaghabhair, nominative plural fiaghabhair)

1. wild goat, chamois

   Synonym: gabhar fia

Declension

Declension of fiaghabhar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fiaghabhar fiaghabhair vocative a fhiaghabhair a fhiaghabhara genitive fiaghabhair fiaghabhar dative fiaghabhar fiaghabhair forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fiaghabhar na fiaghabhair genitive an fhiaghabhair na bhfiaghabhar dative leis an bhfiaghabhar don fhiaghabhar leis na fiaghabhair

Derived terms

• craiceann fiaghabhair m (“chamois-leather”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fiaghabhar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fiaghabhar	fhiaghabhar	bhfiaghabhar

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiaghabhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fiaghabhar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm