Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish fagaib, the prototonic form of fo·gaib.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

faigh (present analytic faigheann, future analytic gheobhaidh, verbal noun fáil, past participle faighte)

  1. get, obtain, procure, acquire, gain, receive
  2. find, come by
    Synonyms: aimsigh, tar ar

Usage notes edit

  • The past, future, and conditional undergo eclipsis rather than lenition after (not):
  • bhfuair mé éI didn't find it

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
faigh fhaigh bhfaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 103

Further reading edit

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish fo·gaib.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

faigh (past fhuair, future gheibh, verbal noun faighinn or faotainn, past participle faighte)

  1. get, obtain, receive
    An d'fhuair mi mo leabhar? - Fhuair.Did I get my book? - You did.
    Am faigh mi cothrom am gaoil? - Gheibh.Will I receive a chance at love? - You will.
    Am faigheadh tu an lèine sin dhomh? - Gheibheadh.Would you get that shirt for me? - I would.
  2. find
    Mar as àbhaist, fhuair sinn san taigh-seinnse e.As usual, we found him in the pub.
  3. achieve, exert (impersonal forms only)
    'S math a fhuaras thu!You have done well!

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

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

Yola edit

Noun edit

faigh

  1. Alternative form of faaighe
    • 1867, OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR:
      F. daaily, faigh, gaay, haail, laay, paay, waaite.
      E. daily, faith, gay, hail, lay, pay, wait.

References edit

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 14