fíad
See also: fiad
Old Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Celtic *wēdus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-u-s.
Noun edit
fíad m
- game, wild animals
- deer
- wasteland, wilderness
- uncultivated land
- a territory, land
Inflection edit
Masculine u-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | fíad | fíadL | fíadaeH |
Vocative | fíad | fíadL | fíadu |
Accusative | fíadN | fíadL | fíadu |
Genitive | fíadoH, fíadaH | fíadoL, fíadaL | fíadaeN |
Dative | fíadL | fíadaib | fíadaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 fíad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Celtic *wēdūi, dative singular of *wēdos (“sight, presence”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“perceive, see”).
Preposition edit
fíad (governs the dative, triggers lenition)
- before (in time)
- before (in space), in front of
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 19b6
- Ro·pridchad dúib céssad Críst amal ad·cethe ꝉ fo·rócrad dúib amal bid fíadib no·crochthe.
- Christ’s Passion has been preached to you as though it were seen; or it has been announced to you as if he had been crucified before you.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 19b6
Inflection edit
Inflection of fíad
Person | Normal | Emphatic |
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1st person sing. | fíadam | |
2d person sing. | *fíadutsa | |
3d sing. masc./neut., dative | fíado, fíada | |
3d sing. masc./neut., accusative | ||
3d sing. fem., dative | ||
3d sing. fem., accusative | ||
1st person pl. | ||
2d person pl. | fíad(a)ib | fíadibsi |
3d person pl., dative | fíad(a)ib | |
3d person pl., accusative |
Further reading edit
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, pages 274–75, 511
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 fíad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
fíad | ḟíad | fíad pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |