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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish fada (“long”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fada (plural fadas)
- The acute accent as used in Irish orthography to mark a long vowel.
- 1993, John Minahane, The Christian Druids: On the Filid or Philosopher-poets of Ireland, Dublin: Sanas Press (reprinted Dublin: Howth Free Press, 2008, →ISBN p. 35:
- When I read in the RIA Dictionary that the third person singular passive perfect of the verb fo-geib or fo-gaib “has been found”, has been found in the form frith, frioth, fo frith, foríth, and whole lot more including fríth with the fada, I find that friothfully froth-provoking.
2006, Elizabeth Keane, An Irish Statesman and Revolutionary: The Nationalist and Internationalist Politics of Seán MacBride, London: I. B. Tauris, →ISBN, page vii:The Irish acute accent mark, or fada, is included on Irish proper names and words in the Irish language where required, for example Seán MacBride and Dáil Éireann, except when the fada is not used in a direct quote.
2007, Holly Bennett, The Warrior’s Daughter, Custer, Washington: Orca Book Publishers, →ISBN, page ix:And finally, I have omitted the fadas, or accents, from all Irish words, since they are no help to a North American reader.
2008, Caroline Williams, “The Irish Playography: documenting the Irish Theatrical Repertoire”, in M. Auclair, K. Davis, S. François, editors, Du document à l’utilisateur : Rôles et responsabilités des centres spécialisés dans les arts du spectacle, Brussels: Peter Lang, →ISBN, pages 219–20:It’s very common in Irish to use a fada on a name, and we had to ensure that a name like Seán, for example should [be possible for] people [to] search [for] with or without the fada on “á”.
Anagrams
Asturian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *Fāta (“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum (“fate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfada/,
- Hyphenation: fa‧da
Noun
fada f (plural fades)
- fairy
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *Fāta (“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum (“fate, destiny told by the gods”). Compare French fée, Italian fata, Occitan and Portuguese fada, Spanish hada.
Noun
fada f (plural fades)
- fairy
Etymology 2
Adjective
fada
- feminine singular of fat
Further reading
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Occitan fadatz.
Adjective
fada (feminine fadade, masculine plural fadas, feminine plural fadades)
- (Occitanie) crazy
- Synonym: fou
Noun
fada m or f by sense (plural fadas)
- (Occitanie) nutcase
- Synonym: fou
Il est pas tranquille celui-là, c’est un fada !- He's not calm, he's crazy!
1998, “Sans Rémission”, in Si Dieu veut…, performed by Fonky Family:Je sème des rimes tant pis si j’passe pour un fada / Que je récolte nada, j’reste hip hop : soldat sans FAMAS / Se parque devant les liasses comme le reste de la populace- I sow these rhymes so much I pass for a nutter / though I reap nada, I'm sticking with hip-hop: soldier without a rifle / parked before the stacks like the rest of the people
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
fada
- third-person singular past historic of fader
Further reading
Galician
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *Fāta (“goddess of fate”) (compare xa from Diana), from the plural of Latin fātum (“fate, destiny told by the gods”). Cognate with French fée, Italian fata, Portuguese and Occitan fada, Spanish hada.
Pronunciation
Noun
fada f (plural fadas)
- fairy
- Synonyms: xa, xan
- fate, destiny
c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 130:Et o conde normando, quando a uio fremosa, que mays nõ poderia seer hũa dõzella, dissolle entõ en poridade que auia grã querela della, por que tijna que era dona sem ventura et de maa fada, mays que quantas auia en seu logar et en seu linagẽ, poys que os castelaaos auiã rrecebudo tã grã pesar por ella. - And the Norman count, when he saw that she was beauty, more than what any maiden could be, told her privately that he had a big trouble with here, because he considered that she was an unfortunate lady, and a jinx , more than every woman in her place and her lineage, since the Castilian had received such large harm because of her
1859, Manuel Fernández Magariños, Seor Pedro, section 7:Por necesidá a guerra é pasadeira, e eso solo porque ten orixen na fada, con que nacemos de senreirar uns contra outros- because of necessity war is passable, and that just because it originates in the fate, with which we are born, of being hostile against each other
Derived terms
References
- “fada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “fada” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “fada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “fada” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “fada” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Etymology 2
Verb
fada
- inflection of fadar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish fota, from Proto-Indo-European *wasdʰos (“long, wide”); compare Latin vastus (“wide”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
fada (comparative faide or foide)
- long
- far
Declension
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Singular
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Plural (m/f)
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Positive
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Masculine
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Feminine
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(strong noun)
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(weak noun)
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Nominative
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fada
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fhada
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fada; fhada²
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Vocative
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fhada
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fada
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Genitive
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fada
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fada
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fada
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Dative
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fada; fhada¹
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fhada
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fada; fhada²
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Comparative
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níos faide
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Superlative
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is faide
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¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
- Alternative comparative form: foide (Cois Fharraige)
Derived terms
Related terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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fada
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fhada
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bhfada
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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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References
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fota, fata”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 184, page 95
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 101
Further reading
Maltese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian fidari, from Vulgar Latin *fīdāre, from Latin fīdere. Unrelated to native feda (“to redeem”).
Pronunciation
Verb
fada (imperfect jafda, past participle fdat, verbal noun fdar)
- to trust
- to entrust
- to be careless
Conjugation
Related terms
Nigerian Pidgin
Etymology
From English father.
Noun
fada
- father
Occitan
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *Fāta (“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum (“fate, destiny told by the gods”). Compare Catalan fada, French fée, Italian fata, Portuguese fada, Spanish hada.
Pronunciation
Noun
fada f (plural fadas)
- fairy
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese fada, from Vulgar Latin *Fāta (“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum (“fate”).
Compare Galician, Catalan, and Occitan fada, Spanish hada, French fée and Italian fata.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -adɐ
- Hyphenation: fa‧da
Noun
fada f (plural fadas)
- fairy
Etymology 2
Verb
fada
- inflection of fadar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish fota. Cognates include Irish fada and Manx foddey.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfat̪ə/
- Hyphenation: fa‧da
Adjective
fada (comparative fhaide, qualitative noun fhaide)
- long
- far
Declension
Declension of fada (type IV adjective)
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Plural
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Nominative
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fada
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fhada
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fada
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Genitive
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fhada
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fada
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fada
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Dative
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fada
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fhada
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fada
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Vocative
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fhada
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fhada
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fada
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Derived terms
Adverb
fada
- long
- Bha agam ri feitheamh fada ro fhada. ― I had to wait far too long.
- far, much
- Bha agam ri feitheamh fada ro fhada. ― I had to wait far too long.
Derived terms
Related terms
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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fada |
fhada
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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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References
- Colin Mark (2003) “fada”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fota, fata”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Venetian
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin fatum.
Noun
fada f
- fairy
Yoruba
Etymology
From Hausa fādà (“palace”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fádà
- A public display or performance, normally performed for a king in his court or palace
- wọ́n tẹ́ fádà ijó ― They put on a public display of dance