feuch

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Irish

Verb

feuch (present analytic feuchann, future analytic feuchfaidh, verbal noun feuchaint, past participle feuchta)

  1. Dated spelling of féach.

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
feuch fheuch bhfeuch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scots

Etymology

Onomatopoeic or imitative. Origins are uncertain and may reflect multiple, independent etymologies. Scottish National Dictionary suggests that the "beat" senses may be influenced by fauch "to claw; to toil". Attested in various senses since the mid 1700s.

Pronunciation

Verb

feuch (third-person singular simple present feuchs, present participle feuchin, simple past feuched, past participle feuched)

  1. To smoke (tobacco, etc.)
  2. To beat soundly; to work energetically

Noun

feuch (plural feuchs)

  1. A smoke; a puff (on a pipe, etc.)
  2. A strike; a blow
  3. A state of excitement or fury; an uproar

Interjection

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  1. Indication of impatience or disgust

References


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish féchaid, fégaid, apparently from Old Irish do·éccai, but with difficulties regarding the second consonant.

Verb

feuch (past dh'fheuch, future feuchaidh, verbal noun feuchainn, past participle feuchte)

  1. try, attempt
  2. try out, test, check, see