faide

Irish

Alternative forms

• foide (Cois Fharraige)

Pronunciation

• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɪdʲə/ (as if spelled fuide)
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɑdʲə/, /ˈfˠadʲə/

Adjective

faide

1. comparative degree of fada

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
faide	fhaide	bhfaide
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian

Noun

faide f pl

1. plural of faida

Anagrams

• afide, fedai, fieda

Old French

Alternative forms

• feide

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Latin faida, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *faihiþu (“enmity; feud”).

Noun

faide oblique singular, f (oblique plural faides, nominative singular faide, nominative plural faides)

1. the right of the family or friends of a murdered person to take revenge on the murderer
2. (by extension) a feud

Descendants

• → Middle English: fede, fed, fedd, feide
  • English: feud
  • Scots: fede, feid

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfatʲə/

Adjective

faide

1. comparative degree of fada

Adverb

faide

1. comparative degree of fada

Noun

faide

1. genitive singular of fad (“length, distance, duration”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
faide	fhaide
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.