fichid

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲɪhədʲ/
(Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲɪçədʲ/
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /fʲiːdʲ/

Numeral

fichid

plural of fiche (used after numbers)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *fichid*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
fichid	fhichid	bhfichid

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

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wiketi, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-. Cognate with Latin vincō (“to conquer”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɸʲixʲiðʲ]

Verb

fichid (conjunct ·fich)

to fight

Inflection

Simple, class B I present, reduplicated preterite, s future, s subjunctive
		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd	singular	plural
present indicative	abs.							fechair
	conj.		·fichi	·fich			·fechat	·fechar
	rel.

imperfect indicative				·fiched

preterite	abs.			fích	*fíchimmir			fechtae
	conj.							·fecht
	rel.

perfect	deut.							ro·fecht
perfect	prot.

future	abs.	*fessa		feis					fesaitir
	conj.	·fius		·fí			·fessat
	rel.

conditional

present subjunctive	abs.
	conj.
	rel.

past subjunctive

imperative			fech			fichith

verbal noun
past participle
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

ar·fich
do·fich
fo·fich
imm·dích
imm·fuich

Mutation

Mutation of *fichid*
radical	lenition	nasalization
fichid	ḟichid	fichid pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/

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

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fichid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language