faisnéis

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish aisnéis, from Old Irish aisndís, verbal noun of as·indet (declares, tells, relates).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

faisnéis f (genitive singular faisnéise, nominative plural faisnéisí)

  1. verbal noun of faisnéis
  2. information; intelligence, report
    Synonym: eolas
  3. (grammar) predicate

Declension

Declension of faisnéis (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative faisnéis faisnéisí
vocative a fhaisnéis a fhaisnéisí
genitive faisnéise faisnéisí
dative faisnéis faisnéisí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fhaisnéis na faisnéisí
genitive na faisnéise na bhfaisnéisí
dative leis an bhfaisnéis
don fhaisnéis
leis na faisnéisí

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Verb

faisnéis (present analytic faisnéiseann, future analytic faisnéisfidh, verbal noun faisnéis, past participle faisnéiste) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. relate, recount, narrate
  2. inquire
  3. debrief
  4. declare, announce

Conjugation

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Mutation

Mutated forms of faisnéis
radical lenition eclipsis
faisnéis fhaisnéis bhfaisnéis

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), “aisnéis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 106

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