feiscint
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Classical Gaelic faicsin,[1] from Middle Irish aicsin, originally the dative singular of Old Irish aicsiu,[2] verbal noun of ad·cí.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]feiscint f (genitive singular feiscinte)
- Munster and Aran form of feiceáil: verbal noun of feic (“see”)
Usage notes
[edit]Primarily a Munster form; rare in Aran, where the standard-language form feiceáil prevails.
Declension
[edit]Declension of feiscint
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| feiscint | fheiscint | bhfeiscint |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “faicsin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aicsiu or dil.ie/823”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 230, page 116
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 108
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feiscint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “feiscint”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm