faic
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology 1
From Old Irish ·aicci, prototonic form of ad·cí (“sees, notices, observes; perceives, discerns, realizes”), from Proto-Celtic *ad-kʷis-o-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷei- (“observe”) or *kʷes-. The initial f- of the modern form (see also Irish feic, Manx faik) comes from the misinterpretation of aic- as lenited fhaic-.
Conjugation
Tense \ Voice | Active | Passive |
---|---|---|
Present | a' faicinn | -- |
Past | chunnaic | chunnacas |
Future | chì | chìthear |
Conditional | chìtheadh | chìteadh |
Noun
faic f (genitive singular faice, plural faicean)
- hiding place, den, hole
- sparkle
- pigsty
- badly-kept house
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
---|---|
Radical | Lenition |
faic | fhaic |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- “ad-cí” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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