faik

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See also: Faik and fáik

Chuukese

Numeral

faik

  1. forty

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish ·aicci (sees), prototonic form of ad·cí, from Proto-Celtic *ad-kʷiseti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (observe). The initial f- of the modern form comes from the misinterpretation of aic- as lenited fhaic-.

Verb

faik (past honnick, future independent hee, verbal noun fakin, past participle fakinit)

  1. to see

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
faik aik vaik
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scots

Verb

faik

  1. To abate.
  2. To excuse.

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish فائق.

Pronunciation

Adjective

faik

  1. (archaic) superior
    Synonym: üstün

Declension