fiáin
Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Irish fíadan, from Old Irish fíad (“game, wild animals”) (compare Breton gouez), from Proto-Celtic *wēdus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-u-s.
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲiənʲ/, [ˈfʲiːɛ̯nʲ] (corresponding to the form fiain)
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfʲiːɑːnʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲi.ænʲ/[1]
Adjective edit
fiáin (genitive singular masculine fiáin, genitive singular feminine fiáine, plural fiáine, comparative fiáine)
- wild, uncultivated
- wild, undomesticated
- uncontrolled
- tempestuous
- intensely eager
Declension edit
Declension of fiáin
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fiáin | fhiáin | fiáine; fhiáine² | |
Vocative | fhiáin | fiáine | ||
Genitive | fiáine | fiáine | fiáin | |
Dative | fiáin; fhiáin¹ |
fhiáin | fiáine; fhiáine² | |
Comparative | níos fiáine | |||
Superlative | is fiáine |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Alternative forms edit
Synonyms edit
- (wild): fia
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 33
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiáin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “fiáin” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “fiáin” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 30
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
fiáin m sg
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fiáin | fhiáin | bhfiáin |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |