feoigh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish feódaid,^[1] feódaigid,^[2] from feo (“withered”), from Proto-Celtic *wiwos (“withered”) (whence also Welsh gwyw), from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to wither”) (compare Latin viēscō (“to wilt”), Old Norse visinn (“wilted”), Lithuanian výsti (“to wither”))^[3]

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /fʲɔːɟ/
(Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /fʲɔːj/

Verb

feoigh (present analytic feonn, future analytic feofaidh, verbal noun feo, past participle feoite)

to decay, wither, rot

Conjugation

Conjugation of *feoigh* (first conjugation – C)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	feoim	feonn tú; feoir^†	feonn sé, sí	feoimid; feonn muid	feonn sibh	feonn siad; feoid^†	a fheonn; a fheos	feoitear
past	d'fheoigh mé; d'fheos / fheoigh mé^‡; fheos^‡	d'fheoigh tú; d'fheois / fheoigh tú^‡; fheois^‡	d'fheoigh sé, sí / fheoigh sé, sí^‡	d'fheomar; d'fheoigh muid / fheomar^‡; fheoigh muid^‡	d'fheoigh sibh; d'fheobhair / fheoigh sibh^‡; fheobhair^‡	d'fheoigh siad; d'fheodar / fheoigh siad^‡; fheodar^‡	a d'fheoigh	feodh
past habitual	d'fheoinn / feoinn^‡	d'fheoiteá / feoiteá^‡	d'fheodh sé, sí / feodh sé, sí^‡	d'fheoimis; d'fheodh muid / feoimis^‡; feodh muid^‡	d'fheodh sibh / feodh sibh^‡	d'fheoidís; d'fheodh siad / feoidís^‡; feodh siad^‡	a d'fheodh	d'fheoití / feoití^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	feofaidh mé; feofad	feofaidh tú; feofair^†	feofaidh sé, sí	feofaimid; feofaidh muid	feofaidh sibh	feofaidh siad; feofaid^†	a fheofaidh; a fheofas	feofar
conditional	d'fheofainn / feofainn^‡	d'fheofá / feofá^‡	d'fheofadh sé, sí / feofadh sé, sí^‡	d'fheofaimis; d'fheofadh muid / feofaimis^‡; feofadh muid^‡	d'fheofadh sibh / feofadh sibh^‡	d'fheofaidís; d'fheofadh siad / feofaidís^‡; feofadh siad^‡	a d'fheofadh	d'fheofaí / feofaí^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go bhfeo mé; go bhfeod^†	go bhfeo tú; go bhfeoir^†	go bhfeo sé, sí	go bhfeoimid; go bhfeo muid	go bhfeo sibh	go bhfeo siad; go bhfeoid^†	—	go bhfeoitear
past	dá bhfeoinn	dá bhfeoiteá	dá bhfeodh sé, sí	dá bhfeoimis; dá bhfeodh muid	dá bhfeodh sibh	dá bhfeoidís; dá bhfeodh siad	—	dá bhfeoití

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	feoim	feoigh	feodh sé, sí	feoimis	feoigí; feoidh^†	feoidís	—	feoitear

past participle	feoite

verbal noun	feo

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Alternative verbal noun: feochan

Mutation

Mutated forms of *feoigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
feoigh	fheoigh	bhfeoigh

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), “feódaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “feódaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wiwo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 425