féachaint

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Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

féachaint f (genitive singular féachana, nominative plural féachaintí)

  1. verbal noun of féach
  2. look
  3. appearance
  4. aspect
  5. trial, test
  6. taste, small portion

Declension

Declension of féachaint (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative féachaint féachaintí
vocative a fhéachaint a fhéachaintí
genitive féachana féachaintí
dative féachaint féachaintí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of féachaint
radical lenition eclipsis
féachaint fhéachaint bhféachaint

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 18
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 110

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