fáistine
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish fáistine, from Old Irish fáithsine.
Noun
fáistine f (genitive singular fáistine, nominative plural fáistiní)
- (act of) prophesying; prophecy, soothsaying; divination
Declension
Declension of fáistine
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Derived terms
- bean fáistine, fear fáistine (“futurist”)
- déan fáistine (“divine, forecast, foretell, omen, presage, prophesy”, verb)
- fáistineach m (“prophet, soothsayer; future (tense)”)
- fáistineach (“prophetic; future”, adjective)
- fáistineacht f (“fortune-telling”)
- fáistinigh (“prophesy”, verb)
- fios fáistine (“clairvoyance”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fáistine | fháistine | bhfáistine |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fáistine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “divination” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- “prophecy” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- “soothsaying” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “fáistine”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fáitsine, fáithsine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “fáistine” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.