feic

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ·aicci (sees), prototonic form of ad·cí, from Proto-Celtic *adkʷiseti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (see, heed) (compare Sanskrit चायति (cāyati, perceives)) or Proto-Indo-European *kʷes- (compare Sanskrit चक्षति (cakṣati, sees)). The initial f- of the Modern Irish form comes from the misinterpretation of aic- as lenited fhaic- (later modified to fheic). Compare Scottish Gaelic faic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʲɛc/

Noun

feic m (genitive singular feic, nominative plural feiceanna)

  1. (disparagingly) sight, spectacle

Declension

Declension of feic (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative feic feiceanna
vocative a fheic a fheiceanna
genitive feic feiceanna
dative feic feiceanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an feic na feiceanna
genitive an fheic na bhfeiceanna
dative leis an bhfeic
don fheic
leis na feiceanna

Verb

feic (present analytic feiceann, future analytic feicfidh, verbal noun feiceáil, past participle feicthe)

  1. (ambitransitive) see
    • 2020 March 1, 1:57 from the start, in Lá Le Mamó nó Daideo[1], season 1, episode 16, TG4, retrieved 31 October 2023:
      (John Folan): An bhfaca tú an sleán cheana ariamh, an bhfacais? / (Jeaic Ó Cualáin): Chonaic. / (JF): An bhfacais?
      (JF): Have you ever seen a slane before, have you? / (JC): Yes, I have. / (JF): Have you?

Conjugation

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of feic
radical lenition eclipsis
feic fheic bhfeic

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “feic”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • feic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • An briathar cíonn (pp. 278-281) in Ó Sé, Diarmuid. (2000). Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne. Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann. ISBN: 0-946452-97-0.