faitíos

Irish

Alternative forms

• faitcheas, faitchíos (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish faitches (“caution, heedfulness, apprehension”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fˠaˈtʲiː(ə)sˠ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠatʲçiːsˠ/, /ˈfˠatʲçəsˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠaːtʲiəsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠætʲisˠ/

Noun

faitíos m (genitive singular faitís, nominative plural faitís)

1. fear (with roimh plus the thing or person feared)

   Synonym: eagla

   Tá faitíos orm roimh capaill.

   I am afraid of horses.

   (literally, “Fear is on me before horses.”)

2. shyness (with roimh plus the thing or person one is shy of)

   Bhí faitíos ar m’iníon roimh bhuachaillí.

   My daughter was shy of boys.

   (literally, “Shyness was on my daughter before boys.”)

Declension

Declension of faitíos

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative faitíos faitís Vocative a fhaitís a fhaitíosa Genitive faitís faitíos Dative faitíos faitís

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an faitíos na faitís Genitive an fhaitís na bhfaitíos Dative leis an bhfaitíos don fhaitíos leis na faitís

Derived terms

• faitíosach

Related terms

• faiteach (“fearful, apprehensive; timid, shy”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
faitíos	fhaitíos	bhfaitíos
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “faitches, faitigus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “faitċeas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 295
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “faitíos”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN