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feadh

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish fed, from Old Irish ed.[1] Doublet of feá.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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feadh m (genitive singular feadha)

  1. extent, length

Declension

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Declension of feadh (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative feadh
vocative a fheadh
genitive feadha
dative feadh
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an feadh
genitive an fheadha
dative leis an bhfeadh
don fheadh

Derived terms

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Preposition

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feadh (plus genitive, triggers no mutation)

  1. along (by the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to)
    feadh an bhóthairalong the road
    feadh an chladaighalong the shore

Noun

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feadh m (genitive singular feadha, nominative plural feadhanna)

  1. Superseded spelling of feá (fathom).

Mutation

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Mutated forms of feadh
radical lenition eclipsis
feadh fheadh bhfeadh

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ed”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 106
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 106, page 42

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish fed, from Old Irish ed.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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feadh m

  1. extent, length
  2. fathom

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ed”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language