faic

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ·aicci, prototonic form of ad·cí (“sees, notices, observes; perceives, discerns, realizes”), from Proto-Celtic *adkʷiseti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (“observe”) or *kʷes-. The initial f- of the modern form (see also Irish feic, Manx faik) comes from the misinterpretation of aic- as lenited fhaic-.

Verb

faic (past chunnaic, future chì, verbal noun faicinn, past participle faicte)

1. see, look, behold

Conjugation

Conjugation of faic (irregular)

		singular			plural			impersonal
		first	second	third m/f	first	second	third
independent	past	chunnaic mi chunna mi	chunnaic thu chunna tu	chunnaic e/i chunna e/i	chunnaic sinn chunna sinn	chunnaic sibh chunna sibh	chunnaic iad chunna iad	chunnacas chunnacadh
	future	chì mi	chì thu	chì e/i	chì sinn	chì sibh	chì iad	chithear
	conditional	chithinn	chitheadh tu	chitheadh e/i	chitheadh sinn chitheamaid	chitheadh sibh	chitheadh iad	chìte(adh) chithist(e)1
negative	past	chan fhaca mi	chan fhaca tu	chan fhaca e/i	chan fhaca sinn	chan fhaca sibh	chan fhaca iad	chan fhacas chan fhacadh
	future	chan fhaic mi	chan fhaic thu	chan fhaic e/i	chan fhaic sinn	chan fhaic sibh	chan fhaic iad	chan fhaicear chan fhaictear
	conditional	chan fhaicinn	chan fhaiceadh tu	chan fhaiceadh e/i	chan fhaiceadh sinn chan fhaiceamaid	chan fhaiceadh sibh	chan fhaiceadh iad	chan fhaicte(adh) chan fhaicist(e)1
affirmative interrogative	past	am faca mi?	am faca tu?	am faca e/i?	am faca sinn?	am faca sibh?	am faca iad?	am facas? am facadh?
	future	am faic mi?	am faic thu?	am faic e/i?	am faic sinn?	am faic sibh?	am faic iad?	am faicear? am faictear?
	conditional	am faicinn?	am faiceadh tu?	am faiceadh e/i?	am faiceadh sinn? am faiceamaid?	am faiceadh sibh?	am faiceadh iad?	am faicte(adh)? am faicist(e)?1
negative interrogative	past	nach fhaca mi?	nach fhaca tu?	nach fhaca e/i?	nach fhaca sinn?	nach fhaca sibh?	nach fhaca iad?	nach fhacas? nach fhacadh?
	future	nach fhaic mi?	nach fhaic thu?	nach fhaic e/i?	nach fhaic sinn?	nach fhaic sibh?	nach fhaic iad?	nach fhaicear? nach fhaictear
	conditional	nach fhaicinn?	nach fhaiceadh tu?	nach fhaiceadh e/i?	nach fhaiceadh sinn? nach fhaiceamaid?	nach fhaiceadh sibh?	nach fhaiceadh iad?	nach fhaicte(adh)? nach fhaicist(e)?1
relative future		(a) chì mi	(a) chì thu	(a) chì e/i	(a) chì sinn	(a) chì sibh	(a) chì iad	(a) chithear
imperative		faiceam!	faic!	faiceadh e/i!	faiceamaid!	faicibh!	faiceadh iad!	faicear! faictear!
verbal noun		faicinn
past participle		faicte

¹ Lewis dialect form

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

faic f (genitive singular faice, plural faicean)

1. hiding place, den, hole
2. sparkle
3. pigsty
4. badly-kept house

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
faic	fhaic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “faic”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ad-cí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language