faiteach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish faitech (“cautious, timid, nervous”). Cognate with Manx faitagh.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]faiteach (genitive singular masculine faitigh, genitive singular feminine faití, plural faiteacha, comparative faití)
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| 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
[edit]- “faiteach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “faitech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language