Scottish Gaelic word

fiadh

deer

nounmasculine

fiadh means “deer” in Scottish Gaelic and is used as a noun.

Mutation forms

Mutation	Form
Base form	fiadh
Sèimheachadh	fhiadh

fiadh in context

Breac à linne, slat à coille ‘s fiadh à fìreach - mèirle às nach do ghabh Gàidheal a-riamh nàire.

A trout from the river pool, a staff from the wood, and a deer from the moor - "thefts" of which no Gael was ever ashamed.

Tast, Carabu, Fiadh-Lochlannach (Rangifer tarandus) Beurla: caribou, reindeer)

Topics

Animals

Related Scottish Gaelic words

adharc

horn (growth on an animal's head)

beach

bee

beathach

beast, brute, animal

bradan

salmon

buaile

enclosure, fold, sheepfold, pen (animal enclosure, particularly for sheep or cattle)

bò

cow

caora

sheep

cat

cat (Felis catus)