fairsinge

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fairsinge.[1] By surface analysis, fairsing +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɑːɾʲʃn̠ʲə/[2]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠaɾˠsˠn̠ʲə/[3]

Noun

fairsinge f (genitive singular fairsinge)

  1. breadth
  2. extent, amplitude, spaciousness
  3. wide open space, expanse
  4. plenty, abundance

Synonyms

Adjective

fairsinge

  1. inflection of fairsing:
    1. feminine genitive singular
    2. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
    3. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of fairsinge
radical lenition eclipsis
fairsinge fhairsinge bhfairsinge

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fairsinge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 105
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 92

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