faisnéis

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish aisnéis, from Old Irish aisndís, verbal noun of as·indet (declares, tells, relates).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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faisnéis f (genitive singular faisnéise, nominative plural faisnéisí)

  1. verbal noun of faisnéis
  2. information; intelligence, report
    Synonym: eolas
  3. (grammar) predicate

Declension

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Verb

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faisnéis (present analytic faisnéiseann, future analytic faisnéisfidh, verbal noun faisnéis, past participle faisnéiste) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. relate, recount, narrate
  2. inquire
  3. debrief
  4. declare, announce

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
faisnéis fhaisnéis bhfaisnéis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aisnéis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 106

Further reading

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