faic

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ·aicci, prototonic form of ad·cí (“sees, notices, observes; perceives, discerns, realizes”), from Proto-Celtic *ad-kʷis-o-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷei- (“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

Tense \ Voice	Active	Passive
Present	a' faicinn	--
Past	chunnaic	chunnacas
Future	chì	chìthear
Conditional	chìtheadh	chìteadh

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
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ad-cí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language