fead

See also: féad

Bouyei

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *wɯətᴰ (“wing”). Cognate with Zhuang fwed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɯət̚˧/

Noun

fead

1. wing

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fet (“whistle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲad̪ˠ/

Noun

fead f (genitive singular feide, nominative plural feadanna)

1. whistle

Declension

Declension of fead (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fead feadanna vocative a fhead a fheadanna genitive feide feadanna dative fead feadanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fhead na feadanna genitive na feide na bhfeadanna dative leis an bhfead don fhead leis na feadanna

Derived terms

• feadóg
• fead bhoilg (“wheezing”)

Related terms

• feadaíl

Mutation

Mutated forms of fead

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fead	fhead	bhfead

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) “fead”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fead”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fead”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fet̪/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fet (“whistle”).

Noun

fead f (genitive singular fead, plural feadan)

1. whistle (sound)

Derived terms

• dèan fead

Verb

fead (past dh'fhead, future feadaidh, verbal noun feadail, past participle feadte)

1. whistle

   Synonym: dèan fead

Etymology 2

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Noun

fead f (plural feadan)

1. soft rush (Juncus effusus)

Mutation

Mutation of fead

radical	lenition
fead	fhead

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “fead”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fet”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language