fáithsine
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- faissine
- fáitsine
Etymology
From fáith + -sine.
Noun
fáithsine f
- prophecy, augury
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 30b23: fáitsine
- c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 89b11: ind faithsine
Usage notes
In earlier literature, refers to both pagan soothsaying and scriptural prophecy. Later used only for scriptural prophecy only, pagan soothsaying being termed fáidhedóracht.
Inflection
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
- fáistinech (“soothsayer, wizard”)
Descendants
- Middle Irish: fáistine (through metathesis)
- Irish: fáistine
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| fáithsine | ḟáithsine | fáithsine pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “fáitsine, fáithsine” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.