faiteach
Irish
Alternative forms
- faitcheach, faitíosach
Etymology
From Old Irish faitech (“cautious, timid, nervous”). Cognate with Manx faitagh.
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfˠatʲəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠatʲa(x)/
Adjective
faiteach (genitive singular masculine faitigh, genitive singular feminine faití, plural faiteacha, comparative faití)
- timid, fearful, timorous
- Synonym: scaollmhar
- shy, bashful, nervous
- Synonym: cúthail
Declension
Declension of faiteach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | faiteach | fhaiteach | faiteacha; fhaiteacha² | |
Vocative | fhaitigh | faiteacha | ||
Genitive | faití | faiteacha | faiteach | |
Dative | faiteach; fhaiteach¹ | fhaiteach; fhaitigh (archaic) | faiteacha; fhaiteacha² | |
Comparative | níos faití | |||
Superlative | is faití |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- anfhaiteach
Related terms
- faitíos
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
faiteach | fhaiteach | bhfaiteach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “faiteach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “faitech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language