foighidinn

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • faighidinn, faighidean, foighidean, foidhidinn, faidhidinn

Etymology

From Old Irish foditin, foditen, fodaitin, forms of foditiu (“longsuffering, patience, forbearance”)[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈfɤ.ətʲən/[2], [ˈfɤː˥˧d̥ʲən], [ˈfɤː˦˥˨d̥ʲən][3]
  • (Harris, Skye) IPA(key): /ˈfɤ.itʲən/[4][5]
  • (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈfaid̥ʲʒən/[4]
  • (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈfɤ.ɤʎ̥tʲən/[6] (corresponding to the form foighiltean)

Noun

foighidinn f (genitive singular foighidinne)

  1. patience

Antonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “foditiu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 59
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 140
  5. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 23
  6. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 520

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “foighidinn”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “foighidinn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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