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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish ethait, from Old Irish ethait. The initial f- is prothetic and unetymological.
Noun
feithid f (genitive singular feithide, nominative plural feithidí)
- tiny creature, insect, bug
- (figuratively) puny, insignificant, person
- wild creature, beast
- repulsive creature, adder, serpent
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fheithid
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bhfeithid
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feithid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “feithid”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “feithid”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *weteti, from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“to turn to, be acquainted with”). Cognate with Proto-Indo-Iranian *watáti (“to be familiar with”).[1]
Verb
feithid (conjunct ·fethi, verbal noun fethem)
- to watch
- c. 700 Immram Brain, published in The Voyage of Bran son of Febal to the land of the living (1895, London: David Nutt), pp. 1-35, edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer and Alfred Nutt, stanza 49
In delb é no·fethi-su…- This shape, he on whom thou lookest…
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·feithed
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fethem
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