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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish fáistine, from Old Irish fáithsine.
Noun
fáistine f (genitive singular fáistine, nominative plural fáistiní)
- (act of) prophesying; prophecy, soothsaying; divination
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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fáistine
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fháistine
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bhfáistine
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fáistine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “fáistine” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fáistine”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 295
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fáitsine, fáithsine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “fáistine” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.