fáistine

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish fáistine, from Old Irish fáithsine.

Noun

fáistine f (genitive singular fáistine, nominative plural fáistiní)

(act of) prophesying; prophecy, soothsaying; divination

Declension

Declension of fáistine

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fáistine	fáistiní
Vocative	a fháistine	a fháistiní
Genitive	fáistine	fáistiní
Dative	fáistine	fáistiní

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fháistine	na fáistiní
Genitive	na fáistine	na bhfáistiní
Dative	leis an bhfáistine don fháistine	leis na fáistiní

Derived terms

bean fáistine, fear fáistine (“futurist”)
déan fáistine (“divine, forecast, foretell, omen, presage, prophesy”, verb)
fáistineach (“prophetic; future”, adjective)
fáistineach m (“prophet, soothsayer; future (tense)”)
fáistineacht f (“fortune-telling”)
fáistinigh (“prophesy”, verb)
fios fáistine (“clairvoyance”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fáistine	fháistine	bhfáistine
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"fáistine" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“divination” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
“prophecy” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
“soothsaying” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
“fáistine” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
“fáitsine, fáithsine” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Entries containing “fáistine” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

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