fáistineach
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish fáistinech (“one who prophesies or divines, a soothsayer”), from Old Irish fáitsine (“prophesying; a prophecy, an augury”) + -ach.
Noun
editfáistineach m (genitive singular fáistinigh, nominative plural fáistinigh)
- prophet, soothsayer
- (grammar) future (tense)
Declension
editDeclension of fáistineach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
edit- fáistineach foirfe (“future perfect”)
Related terms
edit- fáistineacht (“fortune-telling”)
- fáistinigh (“prophesy”, verb)
Adjective
editfáistineach (genitive singular masculine fáistinigh, genitive singular feminine fáistiní, plural fáistineacha, not comparable)
- prophetic
- Synonyms: fáidhiúil, tairngeartach
- (grammar) future
Declension
editDeclension of fáistineach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fáistineach | fháistineach | fáistineacha; fháistineacha² | |
Vocative | fháistinigh | fáistineacha | ||
Genitive | fáistiní | fáistineacha | fáistineach | |
Dative | fáistineach; fháistineach¹ |
fháistineach; fháistinigh (archaic) |
fáistineacha; fháistineacha² | |
Comparative | níos fáistiní | |||
Superlative | is fáistiní |
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- an aimsir fháistineach (“the future tense”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fáistineach | fháistineach | bhfáistineach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fáistineach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “prophetic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fáistinech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fáistineach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Irish nouns suffixed with -ach
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- ga:Grammar
- Irish first-declension nouns
- Irish uncomparable adjectives
- Irish adjectives