faiteach
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish faitech (“cautious, timid, nervous”). Cognate with Manx faitagh.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
faiteach (genitive singular masculine faitigh, genitive singular feminine faití, plural faiteacha, comparative faití)
Declension edit
Declension of faiteach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | faiteach | fhaiteach | faiteacha; fhaiteacha² | |
| Vocative | fhaitigh | faiteacha | ||
| Genitive | faití | faiteacha | faiteach | |
| Dative | faiteach; fhaiteach¹ |
fhaiteach; fhaitigh (archaic) |
faiteacha; fhaiteacha² | |
| Comparative | níos faití | |||
| Superlative | is faití | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| faiteach | fhaiteach | bhfaiteach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- “faiteach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “faitech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language