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Etymology 1

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From Middle Irish fataigid, from Old Irish ad·daí.[1]

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Verb

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fadaigh (present analytic fadaíonn, future analytic fadóidh, verbal noun fadú, past participle fadaithe) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. set, kindle (of fire)
  2. build up, incite
  3. set up, erect
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Etymology 2

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From Middle Irish fotaigid, fataigid (lengthens, prolongs).[2] By surface analysis, fada (long) +‎ -igh (verbal suffix).

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Verb

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fadaigh (present analytic fadaíonn, future analytic fadóidh, verbal noun fadú, past participle fadaithe)

  1. (intransitive) lengthen, extend, prolong
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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fadaigh fhadaigh bhfadaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ad-daí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fotaigid, fataigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language