fáidh
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish fáith, fáid,[1] from Proto-Celtic *wātis (“poet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₂tis, from *weh₂t- (“possessed, excited”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfáidh m (genitive singular fáidh, nominative plural fáithe or fáidheanna)
- (religion) seer, prophet
- Synonyms: fáidheadóir, fáistineach, tairngire
- wise man, sage
- Synonym: saoi
Declension
editDeclension of fáidh
Derived terms
edit- banfháidh, fáidhbhean (“wise woman, female sage; seeress, prophetess”)
- fáidheadóir (“prophet; predictor, soothsayer; profound speaker, sage”)
- fáidhiúil (“prophetic; wise, sagacious”, adjective)
Related terms
edit- fáidheadóireacht (“prophecy, prediction; wise, sagacious, speech”)
- fáidhiúlacht (“prophetic quality; sagaciousness”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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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
edit- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fáith, fáid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 103
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 145, page 57
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fáidh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “fáidh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fáidh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weh₂t-
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- ga:Religion
- Irish fourth-declension nouns
- ga:People