fáidh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fáith, fáid,[1] from Proto-Celtic *wātis (“poet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₂tis, from *weh₂t- (“possessed, excited”).

Pronunciation

Noun

fáidh m (genitive singular fáidh, nominative plural fáithe or fáidheanna)

  1. (religion) seer, prophet
    Synonyms: fáidheadóir, fáistineach, tairngire
  2. wise man, sage
    Synonym: saoi

Declension

Declension of fáidh (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fáidh fáithe
vocative a fháidh a fháithe
genitive fáidh fáithe
dative fáidh fáithe
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fáidh na fáithe
genitive an fháidh na bhfáithe
dative leis an bhfáidh
don fháidh 		leis na fáithe

Derived terms

  • banfháidh, fáidhbhean (“wise woman, female sage; seeress, prophetess”)
  • fáidheadóir (“prophet; predictor, soothsayer; profound speaker, sage”)
  • fáidhiúil (“prophetic; wise, sagacious”, adjective)
  • fáidheadóireacht (“prophecy, prediction; wise, sagacious, speech”)
  • fáidhiúlacht (“prophetic quality; sagaciousness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fáidh
radical lenition eclipsis
fáidh fháidh bhfáidh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fáith, fáid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 103
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 145, page 57

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