fairsing

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Irish

Alternative forms

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)

  1. wide, broad
    Synonym: leathan
  2. extensive, ample, spacious
  3. plentiful, abundant, bountiful
    Synonym: líonmhar

Declension

Declension of fairsing
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative fairsing fhairsing fairsinge;
fhairsinge2
vocative fhairsing fairsinge
genitive fairsinge fairsinge fairsing
dative fairsing;
fhairsing1 		fhairsing fairsinge;
fhairsinge2
Comparative níos fairsinge
Superlative is fairsinge

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

Mutated forms of fairsing
radical lenition eclipsis
fairsing fhairsing bhfairsing

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fairsing”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 257, page 92

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