féachaint

Irish

Alternative forms

• féacháil, fiachaint

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲiaxɪnʲtʲ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲiəxən̠ʲtʲ/ (corresponding to the form fiachaint)
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲeːxɪn̠ʲtʲ/

Verb

féachaint f (genitive singular féachana, nominative plural féachaintí)

1. verbal noun of féach
2. look
3. appearance
4. aspect
5. trial, test
6. taste, small portion

Declension

Declension of féachaint

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative féachaint féachaintí Vocative a fhéachaint a fhéachaintí Genitive féachana féachaintí Dative féachaint féachaintí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhéachaint na féachaintí Genitive na féachana na bhféachaintí Dative leis an bhféachaint don fhéachaint leis na féachaintí

Derived terms

• cianfhéachaint (“distant look, view”)
• claonfhéachaint (“sidelong glance; squint”)
• colgfhéachaint (“angry look”)
• cúlfhéachaint (“backward look, glance”)
• súilfhéachaint (“glance”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
féachaint	fhéachaint	bhféachaint
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “féachaint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN