faic

Irish

Etymology

Probably borrowed from English whack.

Noun

faic m (genitive singular faic, nominative plural faiceanna)

  1. whack
  2. (with negative) nothing
    Níl aon faic air.
    there is nothing wrong with him.
    Níor fágadh faic agam.
    I was left with nothing.
  3. Stick used in game resembling hunt the slipper.

Declension

Declension of faic (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative faic faiceanna
vocative a fhaic a fhaiceanna
genitive faic faiceanna
dative faic faiceanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fhaic na faiceanna
genitive na faic na bhfaiceanna
dative leis an bhfaic
don fhaic 		leis na faiceanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of faic
radical lenition eclipsis
faic fhaic bhfaic

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ·aicci, prototonic form of ad·cí (“sees, notices, observes; perceives, discerns, realizes”), from Proto-Celtic *adkʷiseti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (“observe”) or *kʷes-. The initial f- of the modern form (see also Irish feic, Manx faik) comes from the misinterpretation of aic- as lenited fhaic-.

Pronunciation

Verb

faic (past chunnaic, future chì, verbal noun faicinn, past participle faicte)

  1. see, look, behold
Conjugation
Conjugation of faic (irregular)
singular plural impersonal
first second third m/f first second third
independent past chunnaic mi
chunna mi 		chunnaic thu
chunna tu 		chunnaic e/i
chunna e/i 		chunnaic sinn
chunna sinn 		chunnaic sibh
chunna sibh 		chunnaic iad
chunna iad 		chunnacas
chunnacadh
future chì mi chì thu chì e/i chì sinn chì sibh chì iad chithear
conditional chithinn chitheadh tu chitheadh e/i chitheadh sinn
chitheamaid 		chitheadh sibh chitheadh iad chìte(adh)
chithist(e)1
negative past chan fhaca mi chan fhaca tu chan fhaca e/i chan fhaca sinn chan fhaca sibh chan fhaca iad chan fhacas
chan fhacadh
future chan fhaic mi chan fhaic thu chan fhaic e/i chan fhaic sinn chan fhaic sibh chan fhaic iad chan fhaicear
chan fhaictear
conditional chan fhaicinn chan fhaiceadh tu chan fhaiceadh e/i chan fhaiceadh sinn
chan fhaiceamaid 		chan fhaiceadh sibh chan fhaiceadh iad chan fhaicte(adh)
chan fhaicist(e)1
affirmative
interrogative 		past am faca mi? am faca tu? am faca e/i? am faca sinn? am faca sibh? am faca iad? am facas?
am facadh?
future am faic mi? am faic thu? am faic e/i? am faic sinn? am faic sibh? am faic iad? am faicear?
am faictear?
conditional am faicinn? am faiceadh tu? am faiceadh e/i? am faiceadh sinn?
am faiceamaid? 		am faiceadh sibh? am faiceadh iad? am faicte(adh)?
am faicist(e)?1
negative
interrogative 		past nach fhaca mi? nach fhaca tu? nach fhaca e/i? nach fhaca sinn? nach fhaca sibh? nach fhaca iad? nach fhacas?
nach fhacadh?
future nach fhaic mi? nach fhaic thu? nach fhaic e/i? nach fhaic sinn? nach fhaic sibh? nach fhaic iad? nach fhaicear?
nach fhaictear
conditional nach fhaicinn? nach fhaiceadh tu? nach fhaiceadh e/i? nach fhaiceadh sinn?
nach fhaiceamaid? 		nach fhaiceadh sibh? nach fhaiceadh iad? nach fhaicte(adh)?
nach fhaicist(e)?1
relative future (a) chì mi (a) chì thu (a) chì e/i (a) chì sinn (a) chì sibh (a) chì iad (a) chithear
imperative faiceam! faic! faiceadh e/i! faiceamaid! faicibh! faiceadh iad! faicear!
faictear!
verbal noun faicinn
past participle faicte

1 Lewis dialect form

Etymology 2

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Noun

faic f (genitive singular faice, plural faicean)

  1. hiding place, den, hole
  2. sparkle
  3. pigsty
  4. badly-kept house

Mutation

Mutation of faic
radical lenition
faic fhaic

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  4. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “faic”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ad-cí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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