feabhas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish febas (“excellence”), from feb (“excellence”) +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /fʲausˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /fʲoːsˠ/

Noun

feabhas m (genitive singular feabhais)

1. excellence
2. improvement

   Synonym: biseach

   Tá feabhas mór air.

   He has greatly improved.

   Tháinig feabhas ar a chuma.

   His appearance improved.

Declension

Declension of feabhas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative feabhas vocative a fheabhais genitive feabhais dative feabhas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an feabhas genitive an fheabhais dative leis an bhfeabhas don fheabhas

Derived terms

• ar fheabhas (“excellent”)
• cuir feabhas ar (“improve, make better”)
• téigh i bhfeabhas (“improve, get better”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of feabhas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
feabhas	fheabhas	bhfeabhas

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “feaḃas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 301
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feabhas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjɔ.əs̪/

Noun

feabhas m (genitive singular feabhais, plural feabhasan)

1. qualitative noun of math (“good”)
2. goodness
3. improvement
4. excellence, superiority

Derived terms

• cuir am feabhs (“to make better, improve”, transitive verb)
• rach am feabhas / thig am feabhas (“to get better, improve”, intransitive verb)

Mutation

Mutation of feabhas

radical	lenition
feabhas	fheabhas

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