faik

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See also: Faik and fáik

Chuukese

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Numeral

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faik

  1. forty

Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish ·aicci (sees), prototonic form of ad·cí, from Proto-Celtic *ad-kʷiseti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (observe). The initial f- of the modern form comes from the misinterpretation of aic- as lenited fhaic-.

Verb

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faik (past honnick, future independent hee, verbal noun fakin, past participle fakinit)

  1. to see

Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
faik aik vaik
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scots

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Verb

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faik

  1. To abate.
  2. To excuse.

Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish فائق.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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faik

  1. (archaic) superior
    Synonym: üstün

Declension

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