faichill

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish foichell, from Old Irish fochell.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

faichill f (genitive singular faichille)

  1. verbal noun of faichill
  2. care, caution
  3. wariness, guardedness

Declension

Declension of faichill

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative faichill
Vocative a fhaichill
Genitive faichille
Dative faichill

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an fhaichill
Genitive na faichille
Dative leis an bhfaichill

don fhaichill

Verb

faichill (present analytic faichilleann, future analytic faichillfidh, verbal noun faichill, past participle faichillte)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) be careful, wary, on guard
    Faichill thú féin air.
    Be wary of him.

Conjugation

conjugation of faichill (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present faichillim faichilleann tú;
faichillir† 		faichilleann sé, sí faichillimid faichilleann sibh faichilleann siad;
faichillid† 		a fhaichilleann; a fhaichilleas /
a bhfaichilleann*; a bhfaichilleas* 		faichilltear
past d'fhaichill mé; d'fhaichilleas /
fhaichill mé‡; fhaichilleas‡ 		d'fhaichill tú; d'fhaichillis /
fhaichill tú; fhaichillis‡ 		d'fhaichill sé, sí /
fhaichill sé, sí‡ 		d'fhaichilleamar; d'fhaichill muid /
fhaichilleamar; fhaichill muid‡ 		d'fhaichill sibh; d'fhaichilleabhair /
fhaichill sibh;
fhaichilleabhair‡ 		d'fhaichill siad; d'fhaichilleadar /
fhaichill siad; fhaichilleadar‡ 		a d'fhaichill /
ar fhaichill* 		faichilleadh
past habitual d'fhaichillinn /
fhaichillinn‡; bhfaichillinn‡‡ 		d'fhaichillteá /
fhaichillteá‡; bhfaichillteᇇ 		d'fhaichilleadh sé, sí /
fhaichilleadh sé, sí‡; bhfaichilleadh sé, s퇇 		d'fhaichillimis; d'fhaichilleadh muid /
fhaichillimis; fhaichilleadh muid‡; bhfaichillimis‡‡; bhfaichilleadh muid‡‡ 		d'fhaichilleadh sibh /
fhaichilleadh sibh‡; bhfaichilleadh sibh‡‡ 		d'fhaichillidís; d'fhaichilleadh siad /
fhaichillidís; fhaichilleadh siad‡; bhfaichillidís‡‡; bhfaichilleadh siad‡‡ 		a d'fhaichilleadh /
a bhfaichilleadh* 		d'fhaichilltí /
fhaichilltí‡; bhfaichillt퇇
future faichillfidh mé;
faichillfead 		faichillfidh tú;
faichillfir† 		faichillfidh sé, sí faichillfimid;
faichillfidh muid 		faichillfidh sibh faichillfidh siad;
faichillfid† 		a fhaichillfidh; a fhaichillfeas /
a bhfaichillfidh*; a bhfaichillfeas* 		faichillfear
conditional d'fhaichillfinn / fhaichillfinn‡; bhfaichillfinn‡‡ d'fhaichillfeá / fhaichillfeá‡; bhfaichillfeᇇ d'fhaichillfeadh sé, sí / fhaichillfeadh sé, sí‡; bhfaichillfeadh sé, s퇇 d'fhaichillfimis; d'fhaichillfeadh muid / fhaichillfimis‡; fhaichillfeadh muid‡; bhfaichillfimis‡‡; bhfaichillfeadh muid‡‡ d'fhaichillfeadh sibh / fhaichillfeadh sibh‡; bhfaichillfeadh sibh‡‡ d'fhaichillfidís; d'fhaichillfeadh siad / fhaichillfidís‡; fhaichillfeadh siad‡; bhfaichillfidís‡‡; bhfaichillfeadh siad‡‡ a d'fhaichillfeadh /
a bhfaichillfeadh* 		d'fhaichillfí / fhaichillfí‡; bhfaichillf퇇
subjunctive present go bhfaichille mé;
go bhfaichillead† 		go bhfaichille tú;
go bhfaichillir† 		go bhfaichille sé, sí go bhfaichillimid;
go bhfaichille muid 		go bhfaichille sibh go bhfaichille siad;
go bhfaichillid† 		— go bhfaichilltear
past dá bhfaichillinn dá bhfaichillteá dá bhfaichilleadh sé, sí dá bhfaichillimis;
dá bhfaichilleadh muid 		dá bhfaichilleadh sibh dá bhfaichillidís;
dá bhfaichilleadh siad 		— dá bhfaichilltí
imperative faichillim faichill faichilleadh sé, sí faichillimis faichilligí;
faichillidh† 		faichillidís — faichilltear
verbal noun faichilleadh
past participle faichillte

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
faichill fhaichill bhfaichill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fochell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 343, page 118

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