faiteach
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish faitech (“cautious, timid, nervous”). Cognate with Manx faitagh.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editfaiteach (genitive singular masculine faitigh, genitive singular feminine faití, plural faiteacha, comparative faití)
Declension
editDeclension of faiteach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | faiteach | fhaiteach | faiteacha; fhaiteacha² | |
Vocative | fhaitigh | faiteacha | ||
Genitive | faití | faiteacha | faiteach | |
Dative | faiteach; fhaiteach¹ |
fhaiteach; fhaitigh (archaic) |
faiteacha; fhaiteacha² | |
Comparative | níos faití | |||
Superlative | is faití |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
faiteach | fhaiteach | bhfaiteach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- “faiteach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “faitech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language