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fiáin

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Irish

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Irish fíadan,[1] from Old Irish fíad (“game, wild animals”) (compare Breton gouez), from Proto-Celtic *weidus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-u-s.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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fiáin (genitive singular masculine fiáin, genitive singular feminine fiáine, plural fiáine, comparative fiáine)

  1. wild, uncultivated
  2. wild, undomesticated
  3. uncontrolled
  4. tempestuous
  5. intensely eager
Declension
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Declension of fiáin
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative fiáin fhiáin fiáine;
fhiáine2
vocative fhiáin fiáine
genitive fiáine fiáine fiáin
dative fiáin;
fhiáin1 		fhiáin fiáine;
fhiáine2
Comparative níos fiáine
Superlative is fiáine

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Noun

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fiáin m sg

  1. vocative/genitive singular of fián

Mutation

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Mutated forms of fiáin
radical lenition eclipsis
fiáin fhiáin bhfiáin

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fíadan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ “fiáin”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 57, page 30
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 77, page 33
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