fégaid

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• féchaid

Etymology

Apparently from Old Irish do·éccai, but with difficulties regarding the second consonant.

However, a compound derivative of this verb, con·fécha (“to scrutinize”), is apparently attested in Old Irish within the Milan glosses as the imperfect form com·fechinn.

Verb

fégaid

1. to look at, to observe

Descendants

• Irish: féach
• Scottish Gaelic: feuch
  • ⇒ Scottish Gaelic: feuchail
    • → Irish: fiacháil

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
fégaid	ḟégaid	fégaid pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fégaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language