feithid
Irish
Alternative forms
- aithid, athaid, feithide
Etymology
From Middle Irish ethait, from Old Irish ethait. The initial f- is prothetic and unetymological.
Noun
feithid f (genitive singular feithide, nominative plural feithidí)
- tiny creature, insect, bug
- (figuratively) puny, insignificant, person
- wild creature, beast
- repulsive creature, adder, serpent
Declension
Declension of feithid
Second declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- feithideolaí
- feithideolaíoch
- feithideolaíocht
- feithidicíd, feithidnimh (“insecticide”)
- feithiditeach (“insectivorous”)
- feithiditeoir (“insectivore”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| feithid | fheithid | bhfeithid |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “feithid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “feithid” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “feithid” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *weteti, from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“to turn”).[1]
Verb
feithid (conjunct ·fethi, verbal noun fethem)
- to watch
- c. 700, Immram Brain, published in The Voyage of Bran son of Febal to the land of the living (1895, London: David Nutt), pp. 1-35, edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer and Alfred Nutt, stanza 49
- In delb é no·fethi-su…
- This shape, he on whom thou lookest…
- c. 700, Immram Brain, published in The Voyage of Bran son of Febal to the land of the living (1895, London: David Nutt), pp. 1-35, edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer and Alfred Nutt, stanza 49
Inflection
Simple, class A II present, s preterite
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| Conj. | ·fethi | ||||||||
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| Imperfect indicative | ·feithed | ||||||||
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| Perfect | Deut. | ron·fethis | |||||||
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| Verbal noun | fethem | ||||||||
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Derived terms
- ar·feith
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wet-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 418, 419
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 fethid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language