See also: feith

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From 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

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féith f (genitive singular féithe, nominative plural féitheacha)

  1. (anatomy) sinew; muscle
    1. (mollusks) adhesive muscle, foot
  2. (anatomy) vein
    1. (mining) seam, thread, lode
    2. (figuratively) streak, bent, talent
    3. (botany) rib
  3. soft seam in bogland, swampy strip
  4. (botany) climbing, twining plant; trailer, vine
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Etymology 2

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From Old Irish féith (calm, stillness).

Adjective

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féith (genitive singular feminine féithe, plural féithe, comparative féithe)

  1. calm, still, hushed, quiet (of sea, air)
  2. smooth, unruffled (of surface)
  3. shy, bashful; quit, retiring (of person)
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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
féith fhéith bhféith
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1123”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1123

Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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féith m

  1. 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

Declension

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Masculine i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative féith
Vocative féith
Accusative féithN
Genitive féthoH, féthaH
Dative féithL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

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  • Irish: féith
  • Middle Irish: féthamail

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
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.

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