feadair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ·fitir, conjunct form of ro·fitir (“know”), originally the perfect tense of ro·finnadar (“to find”), from Proto-Celtic *windeti (“find”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”).

Verb

feadair (present indicative dependent forms only)

1. to know (used only in questions or negative sentences)

   ní fheadar ― I don’t know

   an bhfeadraís... ? ― do you know... ?

   nach bhfeadair sé... ? ― doesn’t he know... ?

Conjugation

• first person singular: feadar
• second person singular: feadraís
• first person plural: feadramar

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
feadair	fheadair	bhfeadair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feadair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN