feac

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʲak/

Etymology 1

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Noun

feac m or f (genitive singular feac or feice, nominative plural feacanna)

  1. handle
  2. spade
Declension
Masculine
Declension of feac (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative feac feacanna
vocative a fheac a fheacanna
genitive feac feacanna
dative feac feacanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an feac na feacanna
genitive an fheac na bhfeacanna
dative leis an bhfeac
don fheac 		leis na feacanna
Feminine
Declension of feac (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative feac feacanna
vocative a fheac a fheacanna
genitive feice feacanna
dative feac feacanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fheac na feacanna
genitive na feice na bhfeacanna
dative leis an bhfeac
don fheac 		leis na feacanna
Derived terms
  • feac láí (“handle of a spade”)

Etymology 2

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Noun

feac m (genitive singular feaca)

  1. bent posture; bustle, hurry
Declension
Declension of feac (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative feac
vocative a fheac
genitive feaca
dative feac
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an feac
genitive an fheaca
dative leis an bhfeac
don fheac

Verb

feac (present analytic feacann, future analytic feacfaidh, verbal noun feacadh, past participle feactha)

  1. (ambitransitive) bend
Conjugation
Conjugation of feac (first conjugation – A)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present feacaim feacann tú;
feacair† 		feacann sé, sí feacaimid; feacann muid feacann sibh feacann siad;
feacaid† 		a fheacann; a fheacas feactar
past d'fheac mé; d'fheacas /
fheac mé‡; fheacas‡ 		d'fheac tú; d'fheacais /
fheac tú‡; fheacais‡ 		d'fheac sé, sí /
fheac sé, sí‡ 		d'fheacamar; d'fheac muid /
fheacamar‡; fheac muid‡ 		d'fheac sibh; d'fheacabhair /
fheac sibh‡;
fheacabhair‡ 		d'fheac siad; d'fheacadar /
fheac siad‡; fheacadar‡ 		a d'fheac feacadh
past habitual d'fheacainn /
feacainn‡ 		d'fheactá /
feactᇠ		d'fheacadh sé, sí /
feacadh sé, sí‡ 		d'fheacaimis; d'fheacadh muid /
feacaimis‡; feacadh muid‡ 		d'fheacadh sibh /
feacadh sibh‡ 		d'fheacaidís; d'fheacadh siad /
feacaidís‡; feacadh siad‡ 		a d'fheacadh d'fheactaí /
feactaí‡
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future feacfaidh mé;
feacfad 		feacfaidh tú;
feacfair† 		feacfaidh sé, sí feacfaimid;
feacfaidh muid 		feacfaidh sibh feacfaidh siad;
feacfaid† 		a fheacfaidh; a fheacfas feacfar
conditional d'fheacfainn /
feacfainn‡ 		d'fheacfá /
feacfᇠ		d'fheacfadh sé, sí /
feacfadh sé, sí‡ 		d'fheacfaimis; d'fheacfadh muid /
feacfaimis‡; feacfadh muid‡ 		d'fheacfadh sibh /
feacfadh sibh‡ 		d'fheacfaidís; d'fheacfadh siad /
feacfaidís‡; feacfadh siad‡ 		a d'fheacfadh d'fheacfaí /
feacfaí‡
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present go bhfeaca mé;
go bhfeacad† 		go bhfeaca tú;
go bhfeacair† 		go bhfeaca sé, sí go bhfeacaimid;
go bhfeaca muid 		go bhfeaca sibh go bhfeaca siad;
go bhfeacaid† 		— go bhfeactar
past dá bhfeacainn dá bhfeactá dá bhfeacadh sé, sí dá bhfeacaimis;
dá bhfeacadh muid 		dá bhfeacadh sibh dá bhfeacaidís;
dá bhfeacadh siad 		— dá bhfeactaí
imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
— feacaim feac feacadh sé, sí feacaimis feacaigí;
feacaidh† 		feacaidís — feactar
past participle feactha
verbal noun feacadh

† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form

Derived terms
  • feacach (“corrugated”, adjective)
  • feacaíocht f (“(act of) bending, yielding”)
  • feacaí m (“bender, yielder, compliant person”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of feac
radical lenition eclipsis
feac fheac bhfeac

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

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