fecht
Appearance
See also: Fecht
Old Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *wixtā (compare Welsh gwaith), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to overcome”).
Noun
[edit]fecht f (genitive fechtae)
Declension
[edit]Feminine ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | fechtL | fechtL | fechtaH |
Vocative | fechtL | fechtL | fechtaH |
Accusative | fechtN | fechtL | fechtaH |
Genitive | fechtaeH | fechtL | fechtN |
Dative | fechtL | fechtaib | fechtaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *wextom, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to carry drive”).
Noun
[edit]fecht n or m
Usage notes
[edit]- Generally only found adverbially or in certain fossilized phrases.
Declension
[edit]Neuter o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | fechtN | fechtN | fechtL, fechta |
Vocative | fechtN | fechtN | fechtL, fechta |
Accusative | fechtN | fechtN | fechtL, fechta |
Genitive | fechtL | fecht | fechtN |
Dative | fechtL | fechtaib | fechtaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | fecht | fechtL | fechtL |
Vocative | fecht | fechtL | fechtuH |
Accusative | fechtN | fechtL | fechtuH |
Genitive | fechtL | fecht | fechtN |
Dative | fechtL | fechtaib | fechtaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | nasalization |
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fecht | ḟecht | fecht pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scots
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English fighten, from Old English feohtan, from Proto-West Germanic *fehtan, from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną.
Verb
[edit]fecht (third-person singular simple present fechts, present participle fechtin, simple past fechtit or focht or feucht, past participle fechtit or fochten or feuchten)
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
- fecht an tuilyie (“argument, quarrel; to argue, contend”)
- fechter (“person who fights, a champion”)
- fechtie (“brave, courageous”)
- fechtit, fochten, feuchten (“beaten, done out”)
- fochten duin (“worn out with hard work”)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle English feght, from Old English feoht, from the verb.
Noun
[edit]fecht (plural fechts)
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- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish lemmas
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- Old Irish ā-stem nouns
- Old Irish neuter nouns
- Old Irish masculine nouns
- Old Irish nouns with multiple genders
- Old Irish neuter o-stem nouns
- Old Irish masculine o-stem nouns
- Scots terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scots terms derived from Middle English
- Scots terms derived from Old English
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