feadair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ·fitir, conjunct form of ro·fitir (“know”), originally the perfect tense of ro·finnadar (“to find”), from Proto-Celtic *windeti (“find”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”).

Verb

feadair (present indicative dependent forms only)

  1. to know (used only in questions or negative sentences)
    ní fheadar ― I don’t know
    an bhfeadraís... ? ― do you know... ?
    nach bhfeadair sé... ? ― doesn’t he know... ?

Conjugation

  • first person singular: feadar
  • second person singular: feadraís
  • first person plural: feadramar

Mutation

Mutated forms of feadair
radical lenition eclipsis
feadair fheadair bhfeadair

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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