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Irish
Etymology
From Classical Gaelic faicsin,[1] from Middle Irish aicsin, originally the dative singular of Old Irish aicsiu,[2] verbal noun of ad·cí.
Pronunciation
Noun
feiscint f (genitive singular feiscinte)
- Munster and Aran form of feiceáil: verbal noun of feic (“see”)
Usage notes
Primarily a Munster form; rare in Aran, where the standard-language form feiceáil prevails.
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| feiscint
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fheiscint
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bhfeiscint
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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), “faicsin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aicsiu or dil.ie/823”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 230, page 116
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 108
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