fés

See also: fes

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowing from Danish fjæs, from English face.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjɛːs/
• Rhymes: -ɛːs

Noun

fés n (genitive singular féss, nominative plural fés)

1. (derogatory) face, mug

Declension

declension of fés

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fés	fésið	fés	fésin
accusative	fés	fésið	fés	fésin
dative	fési	fésinu	fésum	fésunum
genitive	féss	féssins	fésa	fésanna

Synonyms

• (face, mug): smetti, trýni

Derived terms

• apafés
• Fésbók

See also

• andlit
• kollur
• snápur
• snjáldur
• ófrýnilegur

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲeːs/

Noun

fés f

1. lip
   • Metrical Dindshechas iii 50.38

     faídiud fás fri fés

     empty lamentation with the lips

2. body hair

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• fésóc (“beard”)
• fésgorm (“bluebearded”)
• fésléne (“hair-shirt”)

Descendants

• Irish: féas (“coarse hair, beard”)

Mutation

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

References

• “1 fés (‘lip’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “2 fés (‘body hair’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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Portuguese

Noun

fés f pl

1. Plural of noun fé.