fiagaí

Irish

Alternative forms

• fiadhaidhe (superseded)
• fiadhaí, fiadhaighe, fiadhguidhe, fiadhuidhe, fiagaidhe, fiaguidhe, fiaguighe (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish fíadaige. By surface analysis, fia (“deer”) +‎ -aí (agentive suffix). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fiadhaiche.

Noun

fiagaí m (genitive singular fiagaí, nominative plural fiagaithe)

1. hunter

Declension

Declension of fiagaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fiagaí fiagaithe Vocative a fhiagaí a fhiagaithe Genitive fiagaí fiagaithe Dative fiagaí fiagaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fiagaí na fiagaithe Genitive an fhiagaí na bhfiagaithe Dative leis an bhfiagaí don fhiagaí leis na fiagaithe

Synonyms

• sealgaire

Derived terms

• fiagaí cnuasaitheoir (“hunter-gatherer”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fiagaí	fhiagaí	bhfiagaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “fiaḋaiḋe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiagaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN