feiste
German
Pronunciation
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Adjective
feiste
- inflection of feist:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Irish
Etymology
Probably from Middle English feste (“firm, fixed”).
Noun
feiste f (genitive singular feiste, nominative plural feistí)
Declension
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Derived terms
- feiste phléascach sheiftithe f (“improvised explosive device”)
- feisteán m (“outfit”)
- feistigh (“fix, fit”, verb)
Related terms
- feisteas
- feistiúil
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feiste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “feiste”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language