fiagaire

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From fia (deer) +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fiagaire m (genitive singular fiagaire, nominative plural fiagairí)

  1. Alternative form of fiagaí (hunter, huntsman)

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fiagaire fhiagaire bhfiagaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ fiadhaire”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 338, page 116

Further reading

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