faiteach

Irish

Alternative forms

• faitcheach, faitíosach

Etymology

From Old Irish faitech (“cautious, timid, nervous”). Cognate with Manx faitagh.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠatʲəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠatʲa(x)/

Adjective

faiteach (genitive singular masculine faitigh, genitive singular feminine faití, plural faiteacha, comparative faití)

1. timid, fearful, timorous

   Synonym: scaollmhar

2. shy, bashful, nervous

   Synonym: cúthail

Declension

Declension of faiteach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	faiteach	fhaiteach	faiteacha; fhaiteacha²
Vocative	fhaitigh		faiteacha
Genitive		faití	faiteacha	faiteach
Dative	faiteach; fhaiteach¹	fhaiteach; fhaitigh (archaic)	faiteacha; fhaiteacha²
Comparative	níos faití
Superlative	is faití

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• anfhaiteach

Related terms

• faitíos

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
faiteach	fhaiteach	bhfaiteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “faiteach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “faitech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language