fia-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fia"

Irish

Etymology

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Prefix

fia-

  1. wild
  2. large, outsize

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with fia-
  • fia-bhán m (untilled lea)
  • fia-chaileach f, fia-chaille m (hag, witch; unruly woman)
  • fia-chapall m (wild horse)
  • fia-chat m (wildcat)
  • fia-chloch f (large isolated shore rock)
  • fia-chollach m (wild boar)
  • fia-chorcán m (large pot, cauldron)
  • fia-lacha f (wild duck)
  • fia-úll m (crab-apple)
  • fiabheart m (huge bundle)
  • fiabheatha f (wildlife)
  • fiabhuidéal m (large bottle)
  • fiafhás m (outgrowth)
  • fiaghalún m (large vessel; large measure)
  • fialuibh f (wild herb)
  • fialus m (wild herb, weed)
  • fiamhíol m (wild animal; deer)
  • fiamhuc f (wild pig)
  • fianeantóg f (nettle growing on waste land)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fia- fhia- bhfia-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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