fàs

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fas"

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-

Adjective

fàs (comparative fàsa)

1. empty
2. barren, waste, uncultivated, fallow, desolate

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ásaid.

Verb

fàs (past dh'fhàs, future fàsaidh, verbal noun fàs, past participle fàste)

1. grow
2. become

Noun

fàs m (genitive singular fàis)

1. verbal noun of fàs
2. growth

Derived terms

• fàsach
• fàsaich