fáithsine
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
fáithsine f
- prophecy, augury
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 30b23: fáitsine
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 89b11: ind faithsine
Usage notes edit
In earlier literature, refers to both pagan soothsaying and scriptural prophecy. Later used only for scriptural prophecy only, pagan soothsaying being termed fáidhedóracht.
Inflection edit
Feminine iā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | fáithsineL | fáithsiniL | fáithsini |
Vocative | fáithsineL | fáithsiniL | fáithsini |
Accusative | fáithsiniN | fáithsiniL | fáithsini |
Genitive | fáithsine | fáithsineL | fáithsineN |
Dative | fáithsiniL | fáithsinib | fáithsinib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
fáithsine | ḟáithsine | fáithsine pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fáitsine, fáithsine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language