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fenish

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Manx

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish fíadnuisi, from Old Irish fíadnisse, from fíadu (“witness”).[1] Cognate with Irish fianaise and Scottish Gaelic fianais. Doublet of feanish (“witness, testimony”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fenish f

  1. presence
    Cha vod ad chea veih yn fenish echeysyn.
    They cannot fly from his presence.
  2. (adverbial, often ayns/kione ~) in the presence of, before
    Ren Kiannoort Loch cur-lesh yn chooish kione-fenish yn Chiare-as-feed dy eeck yn argid.
    Governor Loch brought the case before the House of Keys to pay the money.
  3. alternative spelling of feanish

Usage notes

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The difference between fenish and feanish is purely orthographic and not strictly adhered to.

Mutation

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Mutation of fenish
radical lenition eclipsis
fenish enish venish

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fíadnaise”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Christopher Lewin (2020), Aspects of the historical phonology of Manx, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, →DOI, page 69
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