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feadh

Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish fed, from Old Irish ed.[1] Doublet of feá.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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feadh m (genitive singular feadha)

  1. extent, length

Declension

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Declension of feadh

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative feadh
Vocative a fheadh
Genitive feadha
Dative feadh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an feadh
Genitive an fheadha
Dative leis an bhfeadh

don fheadh

Derived terms

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Preposition

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feadh (plus genitive, triggers no mutation)

  1. along (by the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to)
    feadh an bhóthair ― along the road
    feadh an chladaigh ― along the shore

Noun

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feadh m (genitive singular feadha, nominative plural feadhanna)

  1. Superseded spelling of feá (“fathom”).

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
feadh fheadh bhfeadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ed”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 106
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 106, page 42

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish fed, from Old Irish ed.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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feadh m

  1. extent, length
  2. fathom

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ed”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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