fiacais
Scottish Gaelic edit
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
fhiacais!
- Used to express complaint, frustration or surprise.
- Fhiacais, tha i fuar! ― Oh deary me it's cold!
- Fhiacais phrìseil! ― Goodness gracious! (dated expression of surprise)
Related terms edit
Noun edit
fiacais f
- (Uist, Eigg) Used to indicate that the speaker believes someone is overly inquisitive or nosy.
- Càit an robh thu? – Bha mi aig cùl na fiacais!
- Where have you been? – None of your business!
- (literally, “I was at the back of the fiacais”)
- Dè a tha agad an sin? – Tha pìos den fhiacais.
- What have you got there? – Never you mind.
- (literally, “A piece of the fiacais”)
Mutation edit
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| fiacais | fhiacais |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |