faik

See also Faik

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish ·aicci (sees), prototonic form of ad·cí, from Proto-Celtic *ad-kʷis-o-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷei- (observe) or *kʷes-. The initial f- of the modern form comes from the misinterpretation of aic- as lenited fhaic-.

Verb

faik (verbal noun fakin, future heeym, past honnick)

  1. to see

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
faik aik vaik
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Last modified on 10 January 2013, at 03:01