fianaise
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish fíadnuisi, from Old Irish fíadnisse, from fíadu (“witness”).[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fianais and Manx fenish.
Pronunciation
edit- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfʲiːnˠɪʃə/, /ˈfʲiːn̪ˠɪʃə/[2]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲiən̪ˠəʃ/[3] (as if spelled fiannais)
Noun
editfianaise f (genitive singular fianaise, nominative plural fianaisí or fianaistí)
Declension
editDeclension of fianaise
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fianaise | fhianaise | bhfianaise |
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), “fíadnaise”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 112
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 237, page 87
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fianaise”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fianaise”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “fianaise”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
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- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyd-
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
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- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
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