faitagh

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish faitech (“cautious, heedful, wary; timid, fearful; nervous, skittish”). Cognate with Irish faiteach.

Adjective

faitagh

1. timid, shy, cowardly, irresolute, fearful

Noun

faitagh m (genitive singular faitagh, plural faitee)

1. shy, timid person

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
faitagh	aitagh	vaitagh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “faitech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language