faoistin

Irish

Alternative forms

• faoiside, faoisidin, faoiste, faoistean, faoistine

Etymology

From Old Irish foísitiu, verbal noun of fo·sisedar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfˠiːʃtʲənʲ/

Noun

faoistin f (genitive singular faoistine, nominative plural faoistiní)

1. confession

Declension

Declension of faoistin (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative faoistin faoistiní vocative a fhaoistin a fhaoistiní genitive faoistine faoistiní dative faoistin faoistiní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fhaoistin na faoistiní genitive na faoistine na bhfaoistiní dative leis an bhfaoistin don fhaoistin leis na faoistiní

Derived terms

• athair faoistine
• bosca faoistine (“confessional”)
• Faoistin Choiteann (“Confiteor”)
• faoistiniúil (“confessional”)
• oide faoistine

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of faoistin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
faoistin	fhaoistin	bhfaoistin

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) “faoistin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN