feith

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

feith (countable and uncountable, plural feiths)

  1. Obsolete spelling of faith

Anagrams[edit]

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *wei, *we-jo-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (dawn).[1]

Verb[edit]

feith (present analytic feitheann, future analytic feithfidh, verbal noun feitheamh, past participle feite)

  1. watch
  2. watch over; guard

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “feith”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page feith

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman feid (early form of foi), from Latin fidem.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

feith (plural feiths)

  1. faith

Descendants[edit]

  • English: faith
  • Scots: faith
  • Yola: faaighe, faighe, faigh, fythe

References[edit]

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *wei, *we-jo-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (dawn).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

feith (past dh'fheith, future feithidh, verbal noun feitheamh, past participle feithte)

  1. wait
  2. stay, remain

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “feith”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[2], Stirling, →ISBN, page feith