fada

Borrowed from Irish fada (“long”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑːdə/
• Hyphenation: fa‧da

fada (plural fadas)

1. The acute accent as used in Irish orthography to mark a long vowel.
   • 1993, John Minahane, The Christian Druids: On the Filid or Philosopher-poets of Ireland, Dublin: Sanas Press (reprinted Dublin: Howth Free Press, 2008, →ISBN p. 35:

     When I read in the RIA Dictionary that the third person singular passive perfect of the verb fo-geib or fo-gaib “has been found”, has been found in the form frith, frioth, fo frith, foríth, and whole lot more including fríth with the fada, I find that friothfully froth-provoking.

   • 2006, Elizabeth Keane, An Irish Statesman and Revolutionary: The Nationalist and Internationalist Politics of Seán MacBride, London: I. B. Tauris, →ISBN p. vii:

     The Irish acute accent mark, or fada, is included on Irish proper names and words in the Irish language where required, for example Seán MacBride and Dáil Éireann, except when the fada is not used in a direct quote.

   • 2007, Holly Bennett, The Warrior’s Daughter, Custer, Washington: Orca Book Publishers, →ISBN, p. ix:

     And finally, I have omitted the fadas, or accents, from all Irish words, since they are no help to a North American reader.

   • 2008, Caroline Williams, “The Irish Playography: documenting the Irish Theatrical Repertoire”, in: Du document à l’utilisateur : Rôles et responsabilités des centres spécialisés dans les arts du spectacle, ed. M. Auclair, K. Davis, and S. François, Brussels: Peter Lang, →ISBN pp. 219-20:

     It’s very common in Irish to use a fada on a name, and we had to ensure that a name like Seán, for example should [be possible for] people [to] search [for] with or without the fada on “á”.

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From Vulgar Latin *Fāta (“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum (“fate”).

• Hyphenation: fa‧da

fada f (plural fades)

1. fairy

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.də/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.da/
• Rhymes: -aða
• Hyphenation: fa‧da

From Vulgar Latin *Fāta (“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum (“fate, destiny told by the gods”). Compare French fée, Italian fata, Occitan and Portuguese fada, Spanish hada.

fada f (plural fades)

1. fairy

fada

1. feminine singular of fat

• “fada” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• IPA^(key): /fa.da/

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fada

1. third-person singular past historic of fader

From Vulgar Latin *Fāta (“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum (“fate, destiny told by the gods”). Compare French fée, Italian fata, Portuguese and Occitan fada, Spanish hada.

• Hyphenation: fa‧da

fada f (plural fadas)

1. fairy
2. witch, sorceress

From Old Irish fota, from Proto-Indo-European *wasdʰos (“long, wide”); compare Latin vastus (“wide”).

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɑd̪ˠə/
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠad̪ˠə/
• Hyphenation: fa‧da

fada (comparative faide or foide)

1. long
2. far

• Alternative comparative form: foide (Cois Fharraige)

• cóta fada m (“long coat; (baby's) long robe”)
• síneadh fada m (“acute accent, used to indicate a long vowel”, literally “long stretching”)

• fad

• "fada" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “fota, fata” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

From English father.

fada

1. father

From Vulgar Latin *Fāta (“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum (“fate, destiny told by the gods”). Compare Catalan fada, French fée, Italian fata, Portuguese fada, Spanish hada.

• Hyphenation: fa‧da

fada f (plural fadas)

1. fairy

From Old Portuguese fada, from Vulgar Latin *Fāta (“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum (“fate”).

Compare Galician fada, Spanish hada, Catalan fada, Occitan fada, French fée and Italian fata.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ðɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.da/, /ˈfa.dɐ/
• Hyphenation: fa‧da
• Rhymes: -ada

fada f (plural fadas)

1. fairy

From Old Irish fota, from Proto-Indo-European *wasdʰos (“long, wide”); compare Latin vastus (“wide”).

• IPA^(key): [fad̪̊ə], /fat̪ə/
• Hyphenation: fa‧da

fada (comparative fhaide)

1. long
2. far

• anns an ùine fhada
• fadalach
• gunna fada

• a dh'fhaid
• fad

fada

1. long
2. far
   • Bha agam ri feitheamh fada ro fhada.

     I had to wait far too long.

• fad is farsaing
• o chionn fhada

• “fota, fata” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.