feiste

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

feiste

1. inflection of feist:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Irish

Etymology

Probably from Middle English feste (“firm, fixed”).

Noun

feiste f (genitive singular feiste, nominative plural feistí)

1. arrangement, adjustment
2. fastening, mounting
3. device, installation
4. treatment

Declension

Declension of feiste (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative feiste feistí vocative a fheiste a fheistí genitive feiste feistí dative feiste feistí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fheiste na feistí genitive na feiste na bhfeistí dative leis an bhfeiste don fheiste leis na feistí

Derived terms

• feiste phléascach sheiftithe f (“improvised explosive device”)
• feisteán m (“outfit”)
• feistigh (“fix, fit”, verb)

Related terms

• feisteas
• feistiúil

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feiste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “feiste”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language