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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish fairsiung.[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic farsaing.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fairsing (genitive singular masculine fairsing, genitive singular feminine fairsinge, plural fairsinge, comparative fairsinge)
- wide, broad
- Synonym: leathan
- extensive, ample, spacious
- plentiful, abundant, bountiful
- Synonym: líonmhar
Declension
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- fairsinge (“breadth”)
- fairsingigh (“widen, extend; broaden, expand; become plentiful; become liberal”, verb)
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| fairsing
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fhairsing
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bhfairsing
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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
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fairsing”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 257, page 92
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