faiche
Irish
Etymology
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Noun
faiche f (genitive singular faiche, nominative plural faichí)
- lawn
- Synonyms: báinseach, léana, plásóg, plásóg fhéir
- green
- Synonym: plásóg
- (playing-)field, (play)ground
- (cricket) ground
- Synonym: faiche imeartha
- (cricket) ground
Declension
Declension of faiche
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Derived terms
- faiche an bhaile (“village green”)
- faiche aonaigh (“fairground”)
- faiche bollaí (“bowling-green”)
- faiche cróice (“croquet lawn”)
- faiche ghiústála (“tilt-yard”)
- faiche imeartha
- faiche mhargaidh (“market-place”)
- faiche thraenála (“training ground”)
- giolla faiche (“groundsman”)
- lomaire faiche (“lawn-mower, mowing-machine”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
faiche | fhaiche | bhfaiche |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “faiche”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “faiche” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “faiche” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Old French
Noun
faiche f (oblique plural faiches, nominative singular faiche, nominative plural faiches)
- (Picardy) Alternative form of face