faiche

Champenois

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fāgeus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛʃ/

Noun

faiche f (plural faiches)

  1. (Troyen) beech

References

  • Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎[2] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
  • Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎[3] (in French), Troyes

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish faidche, faithche (“lawn before a building, public square”).

Pronunciation

Noun

faiche f (genitive singular faiche, nominative plural faichí)

  1. lawn, green (grassy area)
    Synonyms: báinseach, léana, plásóg, plásóg fhéir
  2. playing field, playground
  3. (cricket) ground
    Synonym: faiche imeartha

Declension

Declension of faiche (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative faiche faichí
vocative a fhaiche a fhaichí
genitive faiche faichí
dative faiche faichí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fhaiche na faichí
genitive na faiche na bhfaichí
dative leis an bhfaiche
don fhaiche 		leis na faichí

Derived terms

  • faiche an bhaile (“village green”)
  • faiche aonaigh (“fairground”)
  • faiche bollaí (“bowling green”)
  • faiche cróice (“croquet lawn”)
  • faiche ghiústála (“tilt-yard”)
  • faiche imeartha
  • faiche mhargaidh (“marketplace”)
  • faiche thraenála (“training ground”)
  • giolla faiche (“groundsman”)
  • lomaire faiche (“lawnmower”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of faiche
radical lenition eclipsis
faiche fhaiche bhfaiche

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

References

  1. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 554, page 103
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 343, page 118

Further reading

Old French

Noun

faiche oblique singular, f (oblique plural faiches, nominative singular faiche, nominative plural faiches)

  1. (Picard) alternative form of face

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish faidche, faithche (“lawn before a building, public square”).

Pronunciation

Noun

faiche f (plural faichean)

  1. meadow, green, green field, plain
  2. (golf) fairway
  3. (military) drill yard
  4. burrow of a crustacean

Derived terms

  • faiche an bhaile (“village green”)
  • faiche aonaigh (“fairground”)
  • faiche bollaí (“bowling green”)
  • faiche cróice (“croquet lawn”)
  • faiche ghiústála (“tilt-yard”)
  • faiche imeartha
  • faiche mhargaidh (“marketplace”)
  • faiche thraenála (“training ground”)
  • giolla faiche (“groundsman”)
  • lomaire faiche (“lawnmower”)

References

  1. ^ Jenny Ladefoged, Peter Ladefoged, Alice Turk, Kevin Hind (5 February 1996) “Word List for Scottish Gaelic (Great Bernera, Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland)”, in The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive‎[1], Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “faiche”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[4], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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