fáithsine

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Old Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From fáith +‎ -sine.

Noun[edit]

fáithsine f

  1. prophecy, augury
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 30b23: fáitsine
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 89b11: ind faithsine

Usage notes[edit]

In earlier literature, refers to both pagan soothsaying and scriptural prophecy. Later used only for scriptural prophecy only, pagan soothsaying being termed fáidhedóracht.

Inflection[edit]

Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fáithsineL fáithsiniL fáithsini
Vocative fáithsineL fáithsiniL fáithsini
Accusative fáithsiniN fáithsiniL fáithsini
Genitive fáithsine fáithsineL fáithsineN
Dative fáithsiniL fáithsinib fáithsinib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Irish: fáistine (through metathesis)

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
fáithsine ḟáithsine fáithsine
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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