faic
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish ·aicci, prototonic form of ad·cí (“sees, notices, observes; perceives, discerns, realizes”), from Proto-Celtic *adkʷiseti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (“observe”) or *kʷes-. The initial f- of the modern form (see also Irish feic, Manx faik) comes from the misinterpretation of aic- as lenited fhaic-.
Verb edit
faic (past chunnaic, future chì, verbal noun faicinn, past participle faicte)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of faic (irregular)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third m/f | first | second | third | |||
| independent | past | chunnaic mi chunna mi |
chunnaic thu chunna tu |
chunnaic e/i chunna e/i |
chunnaic sinn chunna sinn |
chunnaic sibh chunna sibh |
chunnaic iad chunna iad |
chunnacas chunnacadh |
| future | chì mi | chì thu | chì e/i | chì sinn | chì sibh | chì iad | chithear | |
| conditional | chithinn | chitheadh tu | chitheadh e/i | chitheadh sinn chitheamaid |
chitheadh sibh | chitheadh iad | chìte(adh) chithist(e)1 | |
| negative | past | chan fhaca mi | chan fhaca tu | chan fhaca e/i | chan fhaca sinn | chan fhaca sibh | chan fhaca iad | chan fhacas chan fhacadh |
| future | chan fhaic mi | chan fhaic thu | chan fhaic e/i | chan fhaic sinn | chan fhaic sibh | chan fhaic iad | chan fhaicear chan fhaictear | |
| conditional | chan fhaicinn | chan fhaiceadh tu | chan fhaiceadh e/i | chan fhaiceadh sinn chan fhaiceamaid |
chan fhaiceadh sibh | chan fhaiceadh iad | chan fhaicte(adh) chan fhaicist(e)1 | |
| affirmative interrogative |
past | am faca mi? | am faca tu? | am faca e/i? | am faca sinn? | am faca sibh? | am faca iad? | am facas? am facadh? |
| future | am faic mi? | am faic thu? | am faic e/i? | am faic sinn? | am faic sibh? | am faic iad? | am faicear? am faictear? | |
| conditional | am faicinn? | am faiceadh tu? | am faiceadh e/i? | am faiceadh sinn? am faiceamaid? |
am faiceadh sibh? | am faiceadh iad? | am faicte(adh)? am faicist(e)?1 | |
| negative interrogative |
past | nach fhaca mi? | nach fhaca tu? | nach fhaca e/i? | nach fhaca sinn? | nach fhaca sibh? | nach fhaca iad? | nach fhacas? nach fhacadh? |
| future | nach fhaic mi? | nach fhaic thu? | nach fhaic e/i? | nach fhaic sinn? | nach fhaic sibh? | nach fhaic iad? | nach fhaicear? nach fhaictear | |
| conditional | nach fhaicinn? | nach fhaiceadh tu? | nach fhaiceadh e/i? | nach fhaiceadh sinn? nach fhaiceamaid? |
nach fhaiceadh sibh? | nach fhaiceadh iad? | nach fhaicte(adh)? nach fhaicist(e)?1 | |
| relative future | (a) chì mi | (a) chì thu | (a) chì e/i | (a) chì sinn | (a) chì sibh | (a) chì iad | (a) chithear | |
| imperative | faiceam! | faic! | faiceadh e/i! | faiceamaid! | faicibh! | faiceadh iad! | faicear! faictear! | |
| verbal noun | faicinn | |||||||
| past participle | faicte | |||||||
1 Lewis dialect form
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
faic f (genitive singular faice, plural faicean)
- hiding place, den, hole
- sparkle
- pigsty
- badly-kept house
Mutation edit
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| faic | fhaic |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “faic”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ad-cí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language