féith
See also: feith
Irish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Irish féith, from Proto-Celtic *wētā, *wēttā (“swamp, stream”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to wither”), see also Latin viēscō (“wither”), Lithuanian výsti (“wither”), Old High German wesanēn (“wither, wilt”) and Old Norse visna.[1]
Noun
editféith f (genitive singular féithe, nominative plural féitheacha)
- (anatomy) sinew; muscle
- (mollusks) adhesive muscle, foot
- (anatomy) vein
- soft seam in bogland, swampy strip
- (botany) climbing, twining plant; trailer, vine
Declension
editDeclension of féith
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Old Irish féith (“calm, stillness”).
Adjective
editféith (genitive singular feminine féithe, plural féithe, comparative féithe)
- calm, still, hushed, quiet (of sea, air)
- smooth, unruffled (of surface)
- shy, bashful; quit, retiring (of person)
Declension
editDeclension of féith
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | féith | fhéith | féithe; fhéithe² | |
Vocative | fhéith | féithe | ||
Genitive | féithe | féithe | féith | |
Dative | féith; fhéith¹ |
fhéith | féithe; fhéithe² | |
Comparative | níos féithe | |||
Superlative | is féithe |
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
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
féith | fhéith | bhféith |
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) “féith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “féith”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “féith”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
References
edit- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1123”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1123
Old Irish
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editféith m
- calm, stillness
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 126a4
- arna té .i. féith forsna muire
- so that it may not go, i.e. a calm over the seas
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 126a4
Declension
editMasculine i-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | féith | — | — |
Vocative | féith | — | — |
Accusative | féithN | — | — |
Genitive | féthoH, féthaH | — | — |
Dative | féithL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
editMutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
féith | ḟéith | féith pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 féth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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