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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish fíadnuisi, from Old Irish fíadnisse, from fíadu (“witness”).[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fianais and Manx fenish.
Pronunciation
Noun
fianaise f (genitive singular fianaise, nominative plural fianaisí or fianaistí)
- witness, testimony, evidence
- presence
- Synonym: láithreacht
- witness (of person)
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| fianaise
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fhianaise
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bhfianaise
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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), “fíadnaise”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 112
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 237, page 87
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fianaise”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fianaise”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “fianaise”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024