fiafheoil
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom fia (“deer”) + feoil (“meat”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfiafheoil f (genitive singular fiafheola)
- venison (specifically, the meat of an adult deer)
Declension
editDeclension of fiafheoil
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Related terms
edit- oiseoil (“fawn meat, juvenile venison”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fiafheoil | fhiafheoil | bhfiafheoil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiafheoil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fiafheoil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “fiafheoil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024