feithid

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish ethait, from Old Irish ethait. The initial f- is prothetic and unetymological.

Noun

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feithid f (genitive singular feithide, nominative plural feithidí)

  1. tiny creature, insect, bug
  2. (figuratively) puny, insignificant, person
  3. wild creature, beast
  4. repulsive creature, adder, serpent

Declension

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Declension of feithid (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative feithid feithidí
vocative a fheithid a fheithidí
genitive feithide feithidí
dative feithid feithidí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fheithid na feithidí
genitive na feithide na bhfeithidí
dative leis an bhfeithid
don fheithid
leis na feithidí

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of feithid
radical lenition eclipsis
feithid fheithid bhfeithid

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

Further reading

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *weteti, from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (to turn to, be acquainted with). Cognate with Proto-Indo-Iranian *watáti (to be familiar with).[1]

Verb

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feithid (conjunct ·fethi, verbal noun fethem)

  1. to watch
    • c. 700 Immram Brain, published in The Voyage of Bran son of Febal to the land of the living (1895, London: David Nutt), pp. 1-35, edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer and Alfred Nutt, stanza 49
      In delb é no·fethi-su…
      This shape, he on whom thou lookest…

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wet-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 418, 419

Further reading

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