faitse

Old Irish

Alternative forms

foitse

Etymology

From fo- (“under”) +‎ desse (“the right side”).

Noun

faitse n

south
Antonym: fochlae

Inflection

Neuter io-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	faitse^N	faitse^L	faitse^L
vocative	faitse^N	faitse^L	faitse^L
accusative	faitse^N	faitse^L	faitse^L
genitive	faitsi^L	faitse^L	faitse^N
dative	faitsiu^L	faitsib	faitsib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of *faitse*
radical	lenition	nasalization
faitse	ḟaitse	faitse pronounced with /β̃-/

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

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “faitse”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language