fenish

Manx

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish fíadnuisi, from Old Irish fíadnisse, from fíadu (“witness”).[1] Cognate with Irish fianaise and Scottish Gaelic fianais. Doublet of feanish (“witness, testimony”)

Pronunciation

Noun

fenish f

  1. presence
    Cha vod ad chea veih yn fenish echeysyn.
    They cannot fly from his presence.
  2. (adverbial, often ayns/kione ~) in the presence of, before
    Ren Kiannoort Loch cur-lesh yn chooish kione-fenish yn Chiare-as-feed dy eeck yn argid.
    Governor Loch brought the case before the House of Keys to pay the money.
  3. alternative spelling of feanish

Usage notes

The difference between and feanish is purely orthographic and not strictly adhered to.

Mutation

Mutation of fenish
radical lenition eclipsis
fenish enish venish

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fíadnaise”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Christopher Lewin (2020) Aspects of the historical phonology of Manx, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, →DOI, page 69
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