faitse

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• foitse

Etymology

From fo- (“under”) +‎ desse (“the right side”).

Noun

faitse n

1. south

   Antonym: fochlae

Inflection

Neuter io-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	faitseN	faitseL	faitseL
Vocative	faitseN	faitseL	faitseL
Accusative	faitseN	faitseL	faitseL
Genitive	faitsiL	faitseL	faitseN
Dative	faitsiuL	faitsib	faitsib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
faitse	ḟaitse	faitse pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
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), “faitse”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language