feum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French or Old Occitan feu/fieu; see the main entry for more.
Noun edit
feum n (genitive feī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) Alternative form of feudum (“fief, fee”)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | feum | fea |
| Genitive | feī | feōrum |
| Dative | feō | feīs |
| Accusative | feum | fea |
| Ablative | feō | feīs |
| Vocative | feum | fea |
Middle English edit
Noun edit
feum
- Alternative form of fume
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish feidm (“effort”), from Proto-Celtic *wedesman, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead”). Cognate with Irish feidhm.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
feum m (genitive singular feuma or fèim)
- need, necessity
- ann 'am fheum ― in my time of need
- 'S e am feum a thug air sin a dhèanamh. ― Dire necessity made him do that.
- use, usefulness
- Chan eil feum annad. ― There is no use in you.
- Dè is feum dha? ― What is the use of it?
- Is beag feum a tha ort. ― You are quite useless.
- poverty
- worth
- occasion
- Chan eil feum ort. ― There is no occasion for (or need of) you.
Derived terms edit
- dèan feum de (“use, exploit, make use of, utilize”, verb)
- feumach (“necessitous, needful, needy”)
- feumail (“useful, beneficial, helpful, handy, of use, serviceable, requisite”)
- gun fheum (“useless, needless; uselessly, needlessly”)
- mì-fheum m (“abuse, misapplication”)
Verb edit
feum
- (intransitive) to need to, have to, must
- (transitive) to need
Inflection edit
The future tense feumaidh is used with present meaning:
- feumaidh mi ― I must
Mutation edit
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| feum | fheum |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “feum”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “feidm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language