faoistin

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish foísitiu, verbal noun of fo·sisedar.

Pronunciation

Noun

faoistin f (genitive singular faoistine, nominative plural faoistiní)

  1. confession

Declension

Declension of faoistin (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative faoistin faoistiní
vocative a fhaoistin a fhaoistiní
genitive faoistine faoistiní
dative faoistin faoistiní
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fhaoistin na faoistiní
genitive na faoistine na bhfaoistiní
dative leis an bhfaoistin
don fhaoistin 		leis na faoistiní

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of faoistin
radical lenition eclipsis
faoistin fhaoistin bhfaoistin

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

References

  1. ^ “faoistin”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 119

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