Old Irish

Noun

fíad m

1. game, wild animals
2. deer
3. wasteland, wilderness
4. honour
5. respect

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• (deer): ag, oss, séd, sideng
• (game): selg
• (wasteland, wilderness): díthrub, fásach
• (honour): agad, airmitiu, cádus, cattú, enech, míad, míadamlae, onóir, ordan
• (respect): airmitiu

Derived terms

Descendants

• Irish: fia
• Manx: feeaih
• Scottish Gaelic: fiadh

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *wēdo- ‎(“sight, presence”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‎(“perceive, see”).

Preposition

fíad

1. before
2. in front of

Mutation