fiach

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʲiəx/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fïach.

Noun

fiach m (genitive singular fiaigh or féich, nominative plural fiacha)

  1. raven
    Synonyms: Dónall dubh, fiach dubh
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish fíach (“debt”).

Noun

fiach m (genitive singular féich, nominative plural fiacha)

  1. (usually in the plural) debt
Declension
Synonyms
  • fiachas
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Old Irish fíadach; synchronically fia (“deer”) +‎ -ach.

Alternative forms

Noun

fiach m (genitive singular fiaigh)

  1. hunting
  2. chasing
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fiach fhiach bhfiach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • "fiach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 fíach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “fïach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “fíadach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Noun

fïach m (nominative plural fiaich)

  1. raven

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

(raven):

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
fiach ḟiach fiach
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “fiach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fíach (“debt”).

Noun

fiach m (genitive singular fèich, plural fiachan)

  1. worth, value
  2. debt

Synonyms

Adjective

fiach

  1. worth, worthy, worthwhile
  2. valuable

Synonyms

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “1 fíach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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