See also: Faik and fáik

Chuukese edit

Numeral edit

faik

  1. forty

Manx edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish ·aicci (sees), prototonic form of ad·cí, from Proto-Celtic *ad-kʷiseti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (observe). The initial f- of the modern form comes from the misinterpretation of aic- as lenited fhaic-.

Verb edit

faik (past honnick, future independent hee, verbal noun fakin, past participle fakinit)

  1. to see

Mutation edit

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
faik aik vaik
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scots edit

Verb edit

faik

  1. To abate.
  2. To excuse.

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish فائق.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

faik

  1. (archaic) superior
    Synonym: üstün

Declension edit