Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish fáistine, from Old Irish fáithsine.[1]
Noun
fáistine f (genitive singular fáistine, nominative plural fáistiní)
- (act of) prophesying; prophecy, soothsaying; divination
Declension
Declension of fáistine (fourth declension)
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Derived terms
- bean fáistine (“futurist”)
- déan fáistine (“foretell”, verb)
- fáistineach (“future”, adjective)
- fáistineach m (“future (tense)”)
- fáistineacht f (“fortune-telling”)
- fáistinigh (“prophesy”, verb)
- fear fáistine (“futurist”)
- fios fáistine (“clairvoyance”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of fáistine
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lenition
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eclipsis
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fháistine
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bhfáistine
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fáistine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “fáistine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fáistine”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 295
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fáistine”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm