Old Irish

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Etymology

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Literally ‘at this time,' from in + fecht + so.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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in fecht so

  1. now
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 13d7
      Béoigidir in spirut in corp in fect so.
      The spirit brings the body to life now.

Descendants

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  • Scottish Gaelic: fhathast