fearsaid

Irish

Alternative forms

• fearsad, feartas, feartus

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲaɾˠsˠədʲ/, (corresponding to the form fearsad) /ˈfʲaɾˠsˠəd̪ˠ/

Noun

fearsaid f (genitive singular fearsaide, nominative plural fearsaidí)

1. spindle (rod in spinning and winding thread; rod which turns, or on which something turns round; rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool)
2. shaft (in an engine)
3. axle, axletree
4. peg of a top
5. sandbank at low water
6. ditty, piece of poetry or verse

Declension

Declension of fearsaid

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fearsaid fearsaidí Vocative a fhearsaid a fhearsaidí Genitive fearsaide fearsaidí Dative fearsaid fearsaidí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhearsaid na fearsaidí Genitive na fearsaide na bhfearsaidí Dative leis an bhfearsaid don fhearsaid leis na fearsaidí

Alternative genitive singular: feirste

Derived terms

• Béal Feirste (“Belfast”)
• crann fearsaide (“axletree”)
• fearsaid thiomána (“driving axle”)
• lorgfhearsaid (“club”)
• muinchille fearsaide (“axle sleeve”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fearsaid	fhearsaid	bhfearsaid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 fertas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 fertas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fearsaid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 305
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fearsaid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 305
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fearsaid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN