feá
Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Irish fed (“length, interval”), from Old Irish ed. Doublet of feadh.
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /fʲaː/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /fʲɑː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /fʲɨ̞ɡ/, /fʲaː/, /fʲəɯ̯/[1]
Noun edit
feá m (genitive singular as substantive feá, genitive as verbal noun feáite, nominative plural feánna)
- fathom (unit of length)
- verbal noun of feáigh (“to fathom”)
Declension edit
As substantive:
Declension of feá
As verbal noun:
Declension of feá
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Alternative forms edit
References edit
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42
Further reading edit
- “feadh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 ed”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “feaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 302
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Etymology 2 edit
Perhaps a borrowing from Old French fau, from Latin fāgus? This word is missing from the Dictionary of the Irish Language so its history is difficult to ascertain.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
feá f (genitive singular feá, nominative plural feánna)
- beech (tree of genus Fagus)
Declension edit
Declension of feá
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- “feagha”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “feaġa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 303
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
feá
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 4 edit
Noun edit
feá
- Alternative form of feag (“rush, reed”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
feá | fheá | bhfeá |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |