faide

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Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adjective

faide

  1. comparative degree of fada

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
faide fhaide bhfaide
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 18
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 101

Italian

Noun

faide f pl

  1. plural of faida

Anagrams

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Latin faida, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *faihiþu (enmity; feud).

Noun

faide oblique singularf (oblique plural faides, nominative singular faide, nominative plural faides)

  1. the right of the family or friends of a murdered person to take revenge on the murderer
  2. (by extension) a feud

Descendants

  • Middle English: fede, fed, fedd, feide
    • English: feud
    • Scots: fede, feid

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Adjective

faide

  1. comparative degree of fada

Adverb

faide

  1. comparative degree of fada

Noun

faide

  1. genitive singular of fad (length, distance, duration)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
faide fhaide
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.