fearsaid

Irish

Alternative forms

  • fearsad, feartas, feartus[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈfʲaɾˠsˠədʲ/, /ˈfʲaɾˠsˠəd̪ˠ/[3] (corresponding to the form fearsad)
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲaɾˠsˠəd̪ˠ/[4] (corresponding to the form fearsad)

Noun

fearsaid f (genitive singular fearsaide, nominative plural fearsaidí)

  1. spindle (rod in spinning and winding thread; rod which turns, or on which something turns round; rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool)
  2. shaft (in an engine)
  3. axle, axletree
  4. peg of a top
  5. sandbank at low water
  6. ditty, piece of poetry or verse

Declension

Declension of fearsaid (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fearsaid fearsaidí
vocative a fhearsaid a fhearsaidí
genitive fearsaide fearsaidí
dative fearsaid fearsaidí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fhearsaid na fearsaidí
genitive na fearsaide na bhfearsaidí
dative leis an bhfearsaid
don fhearsaid 		leis na fearsaidí

Alternative genitive singular: feirste

Derived terms

  • Béal Feirste (“Belfast”)
  • crann fearsaide (“axletree”)
  • fearsaid thiomána (“driving axle”)
  • lorgfhearsaid (“club”)
  • muinchille fearsaide (“axle sleeve”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fearsaid
radical lenition eclipsis
fearsaid fhearsaid bhfearsaid

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

References

  1. ^ “fearsaid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feartas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 272
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 318, page 111

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