fiadh

See also: fiadh- and Fiadh

Irish

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fiadh m (genitive singular fiadha)

Declension of fiadh (third declension, no plural)

forms with the definite article
	singular
nominative	an fiadh
genitive	an fhiadha
dative	leis an bhfiadh don fhiadh

fiadh m (genitive singular fiadha, nominative plural fiadhanna)

Declension of fiadh (third declension)

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an fiadh	na fiadhanna
genitive	an fhiadha	na bhfiadhanna
dative	leis an bhfiadh don fhiadh	leis na fiadhanna

Mutated forms of *fiadh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
fiadh	fhiadh	bhfiadh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “5 fíad (‘respect, esteem’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Old Irish fíad. Cognates include Irish fia and Manx feeaih.

fiadh m (genitive singular fèidh, plural fèidh)

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Mutation of *fiadh*
radical	lenition
fiadh	fhiadh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Colin Mark (2003) “fiadh”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 299
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 fíad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language