feabhas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish febas (“excellence”), from feb (“excellence”) +‎ -as.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

feabhas m (genitive singular feabhais)

  1. excellence
  2. improvement
    Synonym: biseach
    Tá feabhas mór air.
    He has greatly improved.
    Tháinig feabhas ar a chuma.
    His appearance improved.

Declension

Declension of feabhas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative feabhas
vocative a fheabhais
genitive feabhais
dative feabhas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an feabhas
genitive an fheabhais
dative leis an bhfeabhas
don fheabhas

Derived terms

  • ar fheabhas (“excellent”)
  • cuir feabhas ar (“improve, make better”)
  • téigh i bhfeabhas (“improve, get better”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of feabhas
radical lenition eclipsis
feabhas fheabhas bhfeabhas

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), “febas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 192, page 73

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfjɔ.əs̪/[1]

Noun

feabhas m (genitive singular feabhais, plural feabhasan)

  1. qualitative noun of math (“good”)
  2. goodness
  3. improvement
  4. excellence, superiority

Derived terms

  • cuir am feabhs (“to make better, improve”, transitive verb)
  • rach am feabhas / thig am feabhas (“to get better, improve”, intransitive verb)

Mutation

Mutation of feabhas
radical lenition
feabhas fheabhas

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

References

  1. ^ Rev. C. M. Robertson (1902) “Skye Gaelic”, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XXIII: 1898-99‎[1], Gaelic Society of Inverness, pages 54-88
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