fétaid

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ·éta, prototonic form of ad·cota (“obtain”).

Verb

fétaid

1. to be able, have the ability

Descendants

• Irish: féad, féidir
• Scottish Gaelic: faod, feud

Mutation

Mutation of fétaid

radical	lenition	nasalization
fétaid	ḟétaid	fétaid pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fétaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language