faisnéis
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish aisnéis, from Old Irish aisndís, verbal noun of as·indet (“declares, tells, relates”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfaisnéis f (genitive singular faisnéise, nominative plural faisnéisí)
- verbal noun of faisnéis
- information; intelligence, report
- Synonym: eolas
- (grammar) predicate
Declension
editDeclension of faisnéis
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Alternative forms
editDerived terms
editVerb
editfaisnéis (present analytic faisnéiseann, future analytic faisnéisfidh, verbal noun faisnéis, past participle faisnéiste) (transitive, intransitive)
Conjugation
editconjugation of faisnéis (first conjugation – B)
*indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Alternative forms
editDerived terms
edit- réamhaisnéis (“forecast”, verb)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
faisnéis | fhaisnéis | bhfaisnéis |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aisnéis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 106
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “faisnéis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “faisnéis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “faisnéis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
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- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
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- Irish second-declension nouns
- Irish verbs
- Irish transitive verbs
- Irish intransitive verbs
- Irish first-conjugation verbs of class B