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Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Old Irish féith, from Proto-Celtic *wētā, *wēttā (“swamp, stream”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to wither”), see also Latin viēscō (“wither”), Lithuanian výsti (“wither”), Old High German wesanēn (“wither, wilt”) and Old Norse visna.
Noun
fèith f (genitive singular fèithe, plural fèithean)
- (anatomy) sinew; muscle
- (anatomy) vein
- stagnant channel in a bog
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ 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
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1123”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1123