feá
See also: Appendix:Variations of "fea"
Irish
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish fed, ed (“space, interval”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *ɸedom. Doublet of feadh.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /fʲaː/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /fʲɑː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /fʲɨɡ/, /fʲaː/, /fʲəɯ̯/[2]
Noun
feá m (genitive singular as substantive feá, genitive as verbal noun feáite, nominative plural feánna)
- fathom (unit of length)
- verbal noun of feáigh (“to fathom”)
Declension
As substantive:
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As verbal noun:
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Alternative forms
Further reading
- “feadh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “feaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 302
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “feá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Etymology 2
Perhaps a borrowing from Old French fau, from Latin fāgus? This word is missing from the Dictionary of the Irish Language so its history is difficult to ascertain.
Alternative forms
- feagha (superseded)[3]
Pronunciation
Noun
feá f (genitive singular feá, nominative plural feánna)
- beech (tree of genus Fagus)
Declension
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Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “feaġa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 303
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “feá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
feá
- genitive singular of fiodh
Alternative forms
Etymology 4
Noun
feá
- alternative form of feag (“rush, reed”)
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| feá | fheá | bhfeá |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ed”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 106, page 42
- ^ “feagha”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
