faiche

Champenois

Alternative forms

• (Rémois) fau

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fāgeus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɛʃ/

Noun

faiche f (plural faiches)

1. (Troyen) beech

References

• Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎^[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
• Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎^[2] (in French), Troyes

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish faidche, faithche (“lawn before a building, public square”).

Pronunciation

• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /faː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠaiç/ (as if spelled faich)

Noun

faiche f (genitive singular faiche, nominative plural faichí)

1. lawn, green (grassy area)

   Synonyms: báinseach, léana, plásóg, plásóg fhéir

2. playing field, playground
3. (cricket) ground

   Synonym: faiche imeartha

Declension

Declension of faiche (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative faiche faichí vocative a fhaiche a fhaichí genitive faiche faichí dative faiche faichí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an fhaiche na faichí genitive na faiche na bhfaichí dative leis an bhfaiche don fhaiche leis na faichí

Derived terms

• faiche an bhaile (“village green”)
• faiche aonaigh (“fairground”)
• faiche bollaí (“bowling green”)
• faiche cróice (“croquet lawn”)
• faiche ghiústála (“tilt-yard”)
• faiche imeartha
• faiche mhargaidh (“marketplace”)
• faiche thraenála (“training ground”)
• giolla faiche (“groundsman”)
• lomaire faiche (“lawnmower”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of faiche

radical	lenition	eclipsis
faiche	fhaiche	bhfaiche

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “faiche”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “faiche”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “faiche”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Old French

Noun

faiche oblique singular, f (oblique plural faiches, nominative singular faiche, nominative plural faiches)

1. (Picardy) Alternative form of face