fíad

See also: fiad

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸʲiːa̯ð/

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Celtic *weidus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-u-s.

    Noun

    fíad m

    1. game, wild animals
    2. deer
    3. wasteland, wilderness
    4. uncultivated land
    5. a territory, land
    Inflection
    Masculine u-stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative fíad fíadL fíadaeH
    vocative fíad fíadL fíadu
    accusative fíadN fíadL fíadu
    genitive fíadoH, fíadaH fíadoL, fíadaL fíadaeN
    dative fíadL fíadaib fíadaib
    Initial mutations of a following adjective:
    • H = triggers aspiration
    • L = triggers lenition
    • N = triggers nasalization
    Synonyms
    Derived terms
    • fíadach
    • fíadaige
    • fíadaigid
    • fíadair
    • fíadamail
    • fíadan
    Descendants
    • Irish: fia
    • Manx: feeaih
    • Scottish Gaelic: fiadh

    Further reading

    Etymology 2

    From Proto-Celtic *wēdūi, dative singular of *weidos (sight, presence), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (perceive, see).

    Preposition

    fíad (governs the dative, triggers lenition)

    1. before (in time)
    2. before (in space), in front of
      • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 19b6
        Ro·pridchad dúib céssad Críst amal ad·cethe ꝉ fo·rócrad dúib amal bid fíadib no·crochthe.
        Christ’s Passion has been preached to you as though it were seen; or it has been announced to you as if he had been crucified before you.
    Inflection
    Inflection of fíad
    Person: normal emphatic
    singular first fíadam
    second *fíadutsa
    third
    m or n
    dative fíado, fíada
    accusative
    third
    f
    dative
    accusative
    plural first
    second fíad(a)ib fíadibsi
    third dative fíad(a)ib
    accusative

    Further reading

    Mutation

    Mutation of fíad
    radical lenition nasalization
    fíad ḟíad fíad
    pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/

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