See also: fag, fág, and -fag

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish ·fácaib, prototonic form of fo·ácaib, from *fo-ad-gaib-, from Proto-Celtic *gabyeti (take, hold), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (to take); compare Welsh gafael (hold), Latin habeō (have).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

fàg (past dh'fhàg, future fàgaidh, verbal noun fàgail, past participle fàgte)

  1. leave, quit, abandon, desert
  2. leave, make, cause
    Dh'fhàg an t-òran brònach mi.The song made/left me sad.

Conjugation edit