Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish fáith, fáid,[1] from Proto-Celtic *wātis (poet), from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₂tis, from *weh₂t- (possessed, excited).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fáidh m (genitive singular fáidh, nominative plural fáithe or fáidheanna)

  1. (religion) seer, prophet
    Synonyms: fáidheadóir, fáistineach, tairngire
  2. wise man, sage
    Synonym: saoi

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fáidh fháidh bhfáidh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fáith, fáid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 103
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 145, page 57

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