fichid

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲɪhədʲ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲɪçədʲ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /fʲiːdʲ/

Numeral

fichid

1. plural of fiche (used after numbers)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fichid	fhichid	bhfichid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wiketi, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-. Cognate with Latin vincō (“to conquer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɸʲixʲiðʲ]

Verb

fichid (conjunct ·fich)

1. to fight

Inflection

Simple, class B I present, reduplicated preterite, s future, s subjunctive

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Abs.							fechair
	Conj.		·fichi	·fich			·fechat	·fechar
	Rel.
Imperfect indicative				·fiched
Preterite	Abs.			fích	*fíchimmir			fechtae
	Conj.							·fecht
	Rel.
Perfect	Deut.							ro·fecht
	Prot.
Future	Abs.	*fessa		feis					fesaitir
	Conj.	·fius		·fí			·fessat
	Rel.
Conditional
Present subjunctive	Abs.
	Conj.
	Rel.
Past subjunctive
Imperative			fech			fichith
Verbal noun
Past participle
Verbal of necessity

Derived terms

• ar·fich
• do·fich
• fo·fich
• imm·dích
• imm·fuich

 

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
fichid	ḟichid	fichid 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), “fichid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language