fearsaid

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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fearsaid f (genitive singular fearsaide, nominative plural fearsaidí)

  1. spindle (rod in spinning and winding thread; rod which turns, or on which something turns round; rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool)
  2. shaft (in an engine)
  3. axle, axletree
  4. peg of a top
  5. sandbank at low water
  6. ditty, piece of poetry or verse

Declension

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Alternative genitive singular: feirste

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fearsaid fhearsaid bhfearsaid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ fearsaid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feartas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 272
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 318, page 111

Further reading

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