féicheamh

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Irish

FWOTD – 24 February 2020

Etymology

From Old Irish féchem, from fíach (“debt”) (modern fiach (“debt”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

féicheamh m (genitive singular féicheamhan or féichimh, nominative plural féicheamhain or féicheamhna)

  1. (literary) either of the parties to an obligation, thus:
    1. creditor
    2. debtor

Declension

Standard inflection (fifth declension):

Declension of féicheamh (fifth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative féicheamh féicheamhain
vocative a fhéicheamh a fhéicheamhain
genitive féicheamhan féicheamhain
dative féicheamh
féicheamhain (archaic, dialectal) 		féicheamhain
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an féicheamh na féicheamhain
genitive an fhéicheamhan na bhféicheamhain
dative leis an bhféicheamh
leis an bhféicheamhain (archaic, dialectal)
don fhéicheamh
don fhéicheamhain (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na féicheamhain

Alternative inflection (first declension):

Declension of féicheamh (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative féicheamh féicheamhna
vocative a fhéichimh a fhéicheamhna
genitive féichimh féicheamhna
dative féicheamh féicheamhna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an féicheamh na féicheamhna
genitive an fhéichimh na bhféicheamhna
dative leis an bhféicheamh
don fhéicheamh 		leis na féicheamhna

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of féicheamh
radical lenition eclipsis
féicheamh fhéicheamh bhféicheamh

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

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