fianaise

Irish

Alternative forms

  • fiadhnaise, fiadhnuise, fiaghnaise, fiaghnuise, fianuise (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfʲiːnˠɪʃə/, /ˈfʲiːn̪ˠɪʃə/[2]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲiən̪ˠəʃ/[3] (as if spelled fiannais)

Noun

fianaise f (genitive singular fianaise, nominative plural fianaisí or fianaistí)

  1. witness, testimony, evidence
  2. presence
    Synonym: láithreacht
  3. witness (of person)

Declension

Declension of fianaise (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fianaise fianaisí
vocative a fhianaise a fhianaisí
genitive fianaise fianaisí
dative fianaise fianaisí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fhianaise na fianaisí
genitive na fianaise na bhfianaisí
dative leis an bhfianaise
don fhianaise 		leis na fianaisí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of fianaise
radical lenition eclipsis
fianaise fhianaise bhfianaise

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), “fíadnaise”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 112
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 237, page 87

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