fiafheoil

Irish

Alternative forms

• fiadhfheoil, fiadhfheóil (obsolete)

Etymology

From fia (“deer”) +‎ feoil (“meat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfʲiəˌoːlʲ]

Noun

fiafheoil f (genitive singular fiafheola)

1. venison (specifically, the meat of an adult deer)

Declension

Declension of fiafheoil

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative fiafheoil Vocative a fhiafheoil Genitive fiafheola Dative fiafheoil

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an fhiafheoil Genitive na fiafheola Dative leis an bhfiafheoil don fhiafheoil

Related terms

• oiseoil (“fawn meat, juvenile venison”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

• 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