faisnéis

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish aisnéis, from Old Irish aisndís, verbal noun of as·indet (declares, tells, relates).

Noun

faisnéis f (genitive singular faisnéise, nominative plural faisnéisí)

  1. verbal noun of faisnéis
  2. information; intelligence, report
    Synonym: eolas
  3. (grammar) predicate

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Verb

faisnéis (present analytic faisnéiseann, future analytic faisnéisfidh, verbal noun faisnéis, past participle faisnéiste) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. relate, recount, narrate
  2. inquire
  3. debrief
  4. declare, announce

Conjugation

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Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
faisnéis fhaisnéis bhfaisnéis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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