faik

See also: Faik and fáik

Chuukese

Numeral

faik

1. forty

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Manx

Etymology

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

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

1. to see

Mutation

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.

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Scots

Verb

faik

1. To abate.
2. To excuse.