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Old Irish
Etymology
From fáith + -sine.
Noun
fáithsine f
- prophecy, augury
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 30b23: fáitsine
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 89b11: ind faithsine
Usage notes
In earlier literature, refers to both pagan soothsaying and scriptural prophecy. Later used only for scriptural prophecy only, pagan soothsaying being termed fáidhedóracht.
Inflection
Descendants
- Middle Irish: fáistine (through metathesis)
Mutation
Mutation of fáithsine
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lenition |
nasalization
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| fáithsine
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ḟáithsine
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fáithsine
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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