feithid

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish ethait, from Old Irish ethait. The initial f- is prothetic and unetymological.

Noun

feithid f (genitive singular feithide, nominative plural feithidí)

  1. tiny creature, insect, bug
  2. (figuratively) puny, insignificant, person
  3. wild creature, beast
  4. repulsive creature, adder, serpent

Declension

Declension of feithid (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative feithid feithidí
vocative a fheithid a fheithidí
genitive feithide feithidí
dative feithid feithidí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fheithid na feithidí
genitive na feithide na bhfeithidí
dative leis an bhfeithid
don fheithid 		leis na feithidí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of feithid
radical lenition eclipsis
feithid fheithid bhfeithid

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

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *weteti, from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“to turn to, be acquainted with”). Cognate with Proto-Indo-Iranian *watáti (“to be familiar with”).[1]

Verb

feithid (conjunct ·fethi, verbal noun fethem)

  1. to watch
    • c. 700 Immram Brain, published in The Voyage of Bran son of Febal to the land of the living (1895, London: David Nutt), pp. 1-35, edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer and Alfred Nutt, stanza 49
      In delb é no·fethi-su…
      This shape, he on whom thou lookest…

Inflection

Simple, class A II present, s preterite
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs.
conj. ·fethi
rel.
imperfect indicative ·feithed
preterite abs.
conj.
rel.
perfect deut. ron·fethis
prot.
future abs.
conj.
rel.
conditional
present subjunctive abs.
conj.
rel.
past subjunctive
imperative
verbal noun fethem
past participle
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

  • ar·feith

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wet-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 418, 419

Further reading

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