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Irish
Etymology
A generalization of the third-person masculine singular inflected form, from Old Irish foí, the third-person masculine singular inflected form of fo (“under”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *uɸo, from Proto-Indo-European *upo. Compare Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó), Middle Welsh go. During the Early Modern Irish period, this preposition began to take over the meaning of Old Irish imm (“around, about”) (modern um), which had variant forms ma and lenited fa, bha that were probably conflated with faoi.[2][3] Doublet of ó (“-wards”).
Pronunciation
Preposition
faoi (plus dative, triggers lenition)
- (standard, Connacht, Ulster) under
2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 1:Thuas i dteach an tsolais, faoi réaltaí geala, canann Bronach Amhrán na Mara dá mac Ben atá cúig bliana d'aois.
- (standard, Connacht) about, concerning
- around, about
Cuir faoi do choim é.- Put it around your waist.
Chuir mé gad faoi mhuineál an chapaill.- I put a halter around the horse's neck.
- times, multiplied by
- a trí faoi a hocht ― three times eight
- faoi dhó ― twice, two times
Usage notes
- The standard Irish and Connacht form faoi and the Munster form fé mean both “under” and “about”. In Ulster, these two meanings are split: faoi means “under”, while fá means “about”.
Inflection
Derived terms
Irish preposition contractions
| Basic form
|
Contracted with
|
Copular forms
|
| an (“the sg”) |
na (“the pl”) |
mo (“my”) |
do (“your”) |
a (“his, her, their; which (present)”) |
ár (“our”) |
ar (“which (past)”) |
(before consonant) |
(present/future before vowel) |
(past/conditional before vowel)
|
| de (“from”) |
den |
de na
desna* |
de mo
dem* |
de do
ded*, det* |
dá
|
dár |
dar |
darb |
darbh
|
| do (“to, for”) |
don |
do na
dosna* |
do mo
dom* |
do do
dod*, dot* |
dá
|
dár |
dar |
darb |
darbh
|
| faoi (“under, about”) |
faoin |
faoi na |
faoi mo |
faoi do |
faoina |
faoinár
|
faoinar |
faoinarb |
faoinarbh
|
| i (“in”) |
sa, san |
sna |
i mo
im* |
i do
id*, it* |
ina |
inár
|
inar |
inarb |
inarbh
|
| le (“with”) |
leis an |
leis na |
le mo
lem* |
le do
led*, let* |
lena |
lenár
|
lenar |
lenarb |
lenarbh
|
| ó (“from, since”) |
ón |
ó na
ósna* |
ó mo
óm* |
ó do
ód*, ót* |
óna |
ónár
|
ónar |
ónarb |
ónarbh
|
| trí (“through”) |
tríd an |
trí na |
trí mo |
trí do |
trína |
trínár
|
trínar |
trínarb |
trínarbh
|
| *Dialectal.
|
See also Category:Irish phrasal verbs formed with "faoi"
Pronoun
faoi (emphatic faoisean)
- third-person singular masculine of faoi
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fo, fa, fá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Damian McManus (1994) chapter IV, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do Pádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, (7), page 438: “Is dócha gurb é tionchar an réamhfhocail fa 'faoi' faoi dear na foirmeacha ma, bha, fa de um (TD lxxii).”
- ^ Eleanor Knott (1922-26) The Bardic poems of Tadhg Dall Ó hUiginn (1550–1591), volume 1, Lúndain, page lxxii
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 118
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