feith

See also: féith and fèith

English

Noun

feith (countable and uncountable, plural feiths)

  1. Obsolete spelling of faith.

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish fethid,[1] from Proto-Celtic *weteti (“be acquainted with”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“be acquainted with, turn to”) (compare Sanskrit वत् (vat, “get acquainted with”)).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʲɛh/

Verb

feith (present analytic feitheann, future analytic feithfidh, verbal noun feitheamh, past participle feite)

  1. watch
  2. watch over; guard

Conjugation

conjugation of feith (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun feitheamh
past participle feite
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present feithim feitheann tú;
feithir† 		feitheann sé, sí feithimid feitheann sibh feitheann siad;
feithid† 		a fheitheann; a fheitheas /
a bhfeitheann* 		feithtear
past d'fheith mé; d'fheitheas /
fheith mé‡; fheitheas‡ 		d'fheith tú; d'fheithis /
fheith tú; fheithis‡ 		d'fheith sé, sí /
fheith sé, sí‡ 		d'fheitheamar; d'fheith muid /
fheitheamar; fheith muid‡ 		d'fheith sibh; d'fheitheabhair /
fheith sibh;
fheitheabhair‡ 		d'fheith siad; d'fheitheadar /
fheith siad; fheitheadar‡ 		a d'fheith /
ar fheith* 		feitheadh
past habitual d'fheithinn /
fheithinn‡; bhfeithinn‡‡ 		d'fheithteá /
fheithteá‡; bhfeithteᇇ 		d'fheitheadh sé, sí /
fheitheadh sé, sí‡; bhfeitheadh sé, s퇇 		d'fheithimis; d'fheitheadh muid /
fheithimis; fheitheadh muid‡; bhfeithimis‡‡; bhfeitheadh muid‡‡ 		d'fheitheadh sibh /
fheitheadh sibh‡; bhfeitheadh sibh‡‡ 		d'fheithidís; d'fheitheadh siad /
fheithidís; fheitheadh siad‡; bhfeithidís‡‡; bhfeitheadh siad‡‡ 		a d'fheitheadh /
a bhfeitheadh* 		d'fheithtí /
fheithtí‡; bhfeitht퇇
future feithfidh mé;
feithfead 		feithfidh tú;
feithfir† 		feithfidh sé, sí feithfimid;
feithfidh muid 		feithfidh sibh feithfidh siad;
feithfid† 		a fheithfidh; a fheithfeas /
a bhfeithfidh* 		feithfear
conditional d'fheithfinn / fheithfinn‡; bhfeithfinn‡‡ d'fheithfeá / fheithfeá‡; bhfeithfeᇇ d'fheithfeadh sé, sí / fheithfeadh sé, sí‡; bhfeithfeadh sé, s퇇 d'fheithfimis; d'fheithfeadh muid / fheithfimis‡; fheithfeadh muid‡; bhfeithfimis‡‡; bhfeithfeadh muid‡‡ d'fheithfeadh sibh / fheithfeadh sibh‡; bhfeithfeadh sibh‡‡ d'fheithfidís; d'fheithfeadh siad / fheithfidís‡; fheithfeadh siad‡; bhfeithfidís‡‡; bhfeithfeadh siad‡‡ a d'fheithfeadh /
a bhfeithfeadh* 		d'fheithfí / fheithfí‡; bhfeithf퇇
subjunctive
present go bhfeithe mé;
go bhfeithead† 		go bhfeithe tú;
go bhfeithir† 		go bhfeithe sé, sí go bhfeithimid;
go bhfeithe muid 		go bhfeithe sibh go bhfeithe siad;
go bhfeithid† 		— go bhfeithtear
past dá bhfeithinn dá bhfeithteá dá bhfeitheadh sé, sí dá bhfeithimis;
dá bhfeitheadh muid 		dá bhfeitheadh sibh dá bhfeithidís;
dá bhfeitheadh siad 		— dá bhfeithtí
imperative
– feithim feith feitheadh sé, sí feithimis feithigí;
feithidh† 		feithidís — feithtear

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of feith
radical lenition eclipsis
feith fheith bhfeith

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), “1 fethid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wet-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 418–19

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman feid (early form of foi), from Latin fidem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fæi̯θ/, /fæi̯/

Noun

feith (plural feiths)

  1. faith

Descendants

  • English: faith
  • Scots: faith
  • Yola: faaighe, faighe, faigh, fythe

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish fethid,[1] from Proto-Celtic *weteti (“be acquainted with”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“be acquainted with, turn to”) (compare Sanskrit वत् (vat, “get acquainted with”)).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feh/

Verb

feith (past dh'fheith, future feithidh, verbal noun feitheamh, past participle feithte)

  1. wait
  2. stay, remain

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutation of feith
radical lenition
feith fheith

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fethid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wet-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 418–19
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