faik

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See also: Faik and fáik

Chuukese[edit]

Numeral[edit]

faik

  1. forty

Manx[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish ·aicci (sees), prototonic form of ad·cí, from Proto-Celtic *ad-kʷiseti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (observe). The initial f- of the modern form comes from the misinterpretation of aic- as lenited fhaic-.

Verb[edit]

faik (past honnick, future independent hee, verbal noun fakin, past participle fakinit)

  1. to see

Mutation[edit]

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
faik aik vaik
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scots[edit]

Verb[edit]

faik

  1. To abate.
  2. To excuse.

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish فائق.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

faik

  1. (archaic) superior
    Synonym: üstün

Declension[edit]