feiscint

Irish

Etymology

From Classical Gaelic faigsin,[1] from Middle Irish aicsin, originally the dative singular of Old Irish aicsiu,[2] verbal noun of ad·cí.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲɛʃcənʲtʲ/[3]
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈfʲɛʃcən̠ʲtʲ/[4]

Noun

feiscint f (genitive singular feiscinte)

  1. Munster and Aran form of feiceáil: verbal noun of feic (“see”)

Usage notes

Primarily a Munster form; rare in Aran, where the standard-language form feiceáil prevails.

Declension

Declension of feiscint (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative feiscint
vocative a fheiscint
genitive feiscinte
dative feiscint
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an fheiscint
genitive na feiscinte
dative leis an bhfeiscint
don fheiscint

Mutation

Mutated forms of feiscint
radical lenition eclipsis
feiscint fheiscint bhfeiscint

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), “faicsin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aicsiu or dil.ie/823”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 230, page 116
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 108

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