fianaise

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish fíadnuisi, from Old Irish fíadnisse, from fíadu (witness).[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fianais and Manx fenish.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fianaise f (genitive singular fianaise, nominative plural fianaisí or fianaistí)

  1. witness, testimony, evidence
  2. presence
    Synonym: láithreacht
  3. witness (of person)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fianaise fhianaise bhfianaise
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), “fíadnaise”, 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 112
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 237, page 87

Further reading

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