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Irish
Etymology
Literally, “to find death”.
Verb
faigh bás (present analytic faigheann bás, future analytic gheobhaidh bás, verbal noun bás a fháil, past participle faighte bás)
- to die (stop living)
1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 193:Nuair a fuair sé bás, má bhí Máire brónach bhí sí sásta d’fhonn is go mbeadh an captaen óg le pósadh aici.- When he died, even though Máire was sad, she was satisfied in the hope that the young captain would marry her.
Conjugation
conjugation of
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faigh
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