fichiú
Irish
Alternative forms
- fithcheadh, fithcheamhadh (obsolete)
- ficheadh, ficheamhadh (superseded)
Etymology
From fiche + -ú. Replaces ficheadadh, fithcheadadh, from Middle Irish fichetmad (compare Manx feedoo and Scottish Gaelic ficheadamh).
Adjective
fichiú
Derived terms
- an fichiú haois, an fichiú céad (“the twentieth century”)
Related terms
- fiche (“twenty”)
Noun
fichiú m (genitive singular fichiú, nominative plural fichithe)
- twentieth part
Declension
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Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| fichiú | fhichiú | bhfichiú |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fichiú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fichetmad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language