fiacais

Scottish Gaelic

Interjection

fhiacais!

  1. Used to express complaint, frustration or surprise
    O fhiacais! ― Oh deary me! Oh geez!

Noun

fiacais f

  1. (Uist, Eigg) Used to indicate that the speaker believes someone is overly inquisitive or nosy.
    Càit an robh thu? – Bha mi aig cùl na fiacais!
    Where have you been? – None of your business!
    (literally, “I was at the back of the fiacais”)
    Dè a tha agad an sin? – Tha pìos den fhiacais.
    What have you got there? – None of your business.
    (literally, “A piece of the fiacais”)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
fiacaisfhiacais
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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