fiáin

Irish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲiənʲ/, [ˈfʲiːɛ̯nʲ] (corresponding to the form fiain)
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfʲiːɑːnʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲi.ænʲ/[1]

Adjective

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
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.

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References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 33

Further reading

Noun

fiáin m sg

  1. vocative/genitive singular of fián

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