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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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