faitíos

Irish

Alternative forms

  • faitcheas, faitchíos (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish faitches, from Old Irish faitigus (“caution, heedfulness, apprehension”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

faitíos m (genitive singular faitís, nominative plural faitís)

  1. fear [with roimh]
    Synonym: eagla
    Tá faitíos orm roimh capaill.
    I am afraid of horses.
    (literally, “Fear is on me before horses.”)
  2. shyness [with roimh]
    Bhí faitíos ar m’iníon roimh bhuachaillí.
    My daughter was shy of boys.
    (literally, “Shyness was on my daughter before boys.”)

Declension

Declension of faitíos (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative faitíos faitís
vocative a fhaitís a fhaitíosa
genitive faitís faitíos
dative faitíos faitís
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an faitíos na faitís
genitive an fhaitís na bhfaitíos
dative leis an bhfaitíos
don fhaitíos 		leis na faitís

Derived terms

  • faitíosach
  • faiteach (“fearful, apprehensive; timid, shy”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of faitíos
radical lenition eclipsis
faitíos fhaitíos bhfaitíos

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), “faitches, faitigus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 134, page 70
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 107
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 122, page 47

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