fiach

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfʲiəx/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fïach.

Noun

fiach m (genitive singular fiaigh or féich, nominative plural fiacha)

  1. raven
    Synonyms: Dónall dubh, fiach dubh
Declension
Declension of fiach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fiach fiacha
Vocative a fhiaigh a fhiacha
Genitive fiaigh fiach
Dative fiach fiacha

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fiach na fiacha
Genitive an fhiaigh na bhfiach
Dative leis an bhfiach

don fhiach

 leis na fiacha
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish fíach (“debt”).

Noun

fiach m (genitive singular féich, nominative plural fiacha)

  1. (usually in the plural) debt
    Synonym: fiachas
Declension
Declension of fiach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fiach fiacha
Vocative a fhéich a fhiacha
Genitive féich fiach
Dative fiach fiacha

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fiach na fiacha
Genitive an fhéich na bhfiach
Dative leis an bhfiach

don fhiach

 leis na fiacha
Derived terms
  • bailiú fiach (“debt collection”)
  • comhdhlúthú fiach (“debt consolidation”)
  • fiach fadtéarmach (“long-term debt”)
  • fiach náisiúnta (“national debt”)
  • maoiniú fiach (“debt financing”)
  • státfhiach (“state debt”)

Etymology 3

From Old Irish fíadach; synchronically fia (“deer”) +‎ -ach.

Alternative forms

Noun

fiach m (genitive singular fiaigh)

  1. hunting
    Synonyms: sealgaireacht, seilg
  2. chasing
Declension
Declension of fiach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative fiach
Vocative a fhiaigh
Genitive fiaigh
Dative fiach

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an fiach
Genitive an fhiaigh
Dative leis an bhfiach

don fhiach

Derived terms
  • corn fiaigh (“hunting horn”)
  • fiach pocadán (“beagle hunting”)
  • gadhar fiaigh (“hunting dog”)
  • madra fiaigh Weimar (“Weimaraner”)
  • na Madraí Fiaigh (“Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs”)
  • púdar fiaigh (“sporting powder”)
  • spáinnéar fiaigh (“field spaniel”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fiach fhiach bhfiach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "fiach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 fíach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “fïach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “fíadach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “fiach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “fiach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Old Irish

Etymology

Noun

fïach m (nominative plural fiaich)

  1. raven
    Synonyms: bran, trogan

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
fiach ḟiach fiach
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “fiach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fíach (“debt”).

Noun

fiach m (genitive singular fèich, plural fiachan)

  1. worth, value
    Synonym: luach
  2. debt
    Synonym: comain

Adjective

fiach

  1. worth, worthy, worthwhile
  2. valuable
    Synonyms: prìseil, luachmhor

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
fiachfhiach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “1 fíach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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