faitíos
Irish
Alternative forms
- faitcheas, faitchíos (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Irish faitches (“caution, heedfulness, apprehension”).
Pronunciation
Noun
faitíos m (genitive singular faitís, nominative plural faitís)
- fear (with roimh plus the thing or person feared)
- Synonym: eagla
- Tá faitíos orm roimh capaill.
- I am afraid of horses.
- (literally, “Fear is on me before horses.”)
- shyness (with roimh plus the thing or person one is shy of)
- Bhí faitíos ar m’iníon roimh bhuachaillí.
- My daughter was shy of boys.
- (literally, “Shyness was on my daughter before boys.”)
Declension
Declension of faitíos
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- faitíosach
Related terms
- faiteach (“fearful, apprehensive; timid, shy”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| faitíos | fhaitíos | bhfaitíos |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 70
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 107
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 47
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “faitches, faitigus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “faitċeas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 295
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “faitíos”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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