Faoide

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish Fáide, perhaps from Old Norse hvítey (white island).

Proper noun

Faoide m (genitive Fhaoide)

  1. Whiddy Island (an island in the Bantry Bay, County Cork, Ireland)
    • 2023 June 22, “D’fhéadfadh deich mbliana a bheith ann sula réiteofar fadhbanna uisce Oileáin Árann”, in Tuairisc:
      Dúirt sé go raibh Uisce Éireann chun tabhairt faoi “staidéar féidearthachta cuimsitheach” gan mhoill chun réiteach na bhfadhbanna ar thrí Oileán Árainn, ar Inis Bó Finne i nGaillimh agus ar Fhaoide i gCorcaigh a aithint.
      He said that Irish Water would soon undertake a "comprehensive feasibility study" to identify the solution to problems on the three Aran Islands, on Inishbofin in Galway, and on Whiddy Island in Cork.

Mutation

Mutated forms of Faoide
radical lenition eclipsis
Faoide Fhaoide bhFaoide

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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