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Champenois
Etymology
Inherited from Latin fāgeus.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fɛʃ/
Noun
faiche f (plural faiches)
- (Troyen) beech
References
- Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne) (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
- Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux (in French), Troyes
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish faidche, faithche (“lawn before a building, public square”).
Pronunciation
Noun
faiche f (genitive singular faiche, nominative plural faichí)
- lawn, green (grassy area)
- Synonyms: báinseach, léana, plásóg, plásóg fhéir
- playing field, playground
- (cricket) ground
- Synonym: faiche imeartha
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| faiche
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fhaiche
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bhfaiche
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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
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “faiche”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “faiche”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “faiche”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Old French
Noun
faiche oblique singular, f (oblique plural faiches, nominative singular faiche, nominative plural faiches)
- (Picardy) Alternative form of face