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Irish
Etymology
Literally, “woman of knowledge”
Noun
bean feasa f (genitive singular mná feasa, nominative plural mná feasa)
- (female) fortune-teller, wise woman, (female) clairvoyant
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fios”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 317
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “bean”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bean feasa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN