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Galician
Verb
fás
( reintegrationist norm) second-person singular present indicative of fazer
Hungarian
Etymology
fa ( “ tree ” ) + -s ( “ with, having ” , adjective-forming suffix )
Pronunciation
Adjective
fás (comparative fásabb , superlative legfásabb )
treed , wooded , woody , tree -lined , tree -shaded ( planted or covered with trees )
Synonyms: erdős , ligetes , bokros , cserjés
( botany ) woody , ligneous , non -herbaceous
fás szárú növények ― ligneous plants
( of vegetables ) stringy , fibrous ( resistant to chewing )
Synonyms: rostos , szálas , taplós , pudvás , öreg
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
fás in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh . A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz. ). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
fás in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language ] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó , 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024) .
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish ásaid and its verbal noun áss ( “ growing, growth ” ) . The f comes from the reinterpretation of ás- as fhás- in lenition environments.
Verb
fás (present analytic fásann , future analytic fásfaidh , verbal noun fás , past participle fásta )
( transitive , intransitive ) grow
Conjugation
singular
plural
relative
autonomous
first
second
third
first
second
third
indicative
present
fásaim
fásann tú; fásair †
fásann sé, sí
fásaimid
fásann sibh
fásann siad; fásaid †
a fhásann ; a fhásas / a bhfásann *
fástar
past
d'fhás mé; d'fhásas /fhás mé‡; fhásas ‡
d'fhás tú; d'fhásais /fhás tú; fhásais ‡
d'fhás sé, sí /fhás sé, sí‡
d'fhásamar ; d'fhás muid /fhásamar ; fhás muid‡
d'fhás sibh; d'fhásabhair /fhás sibh; fhásabhair ‡
d'fhás siad; d'fhásadar /fhás siad; fhásadar ‡
a d'fhás / ar fhás *
fásadh
past habitual
d'fhásainn /fhásainn ‡; bhfásainn ‡‡
d'fhástá /fhástá ‡; bhfástá ‡‡
d'fhásadh sé, sí /fhásadh sé, sí‡; bhfásadh sé, s퇇
d'fhásaimis ; d'fhásadh muid /fhásaimis ; fhásadh muid‡; bhfásaimis ‡‡; bhfásadh muid‡‡
d'fhásadh sibh /fhásadh sibh‡; bhfásadh sibh‡‡
d'fhásaidís ; d'fhásadh siad /fhásaidís ; fhásadh siad‡; bhfásaidís ‡‡; bhfásadh siad‡‡
a d'fhásadh / a bhfásadh *
d'fhástaí /fhástaí ‡; bhfástaí ‡‡
future
fásfaidh mé; fásfad
fásfaidh tú; fásfair †
fásfaidh sé, sí
fásfaimid ; fásfaidh muid
fásfaidh sibh
fásfaidh siad; fásfaid †
a fhásfaidh ; a fhásfas / a bhfásfaidh *
fásfar
conditional
d'fhásfainn / fhásfainn ‡; bhfásfainn ‡‡
d'fhásfá / fhásfá ‡; bhfásfá ‡‡
d'fhásfadh sé, sí / fhásfadh sé, sí‡; bhfásfadh sé, s퇇
d'fhásfaimis ; d'fhásfadh muid / fhásfaimis ‡; fhásfadh muid‡; bhfásfaimis ‡‡; bhfásfadh muid‡‡
d'fhásfadh sibh / fhásfadh sibh‡; bhfásfadh sibh‡‡
d'fhásfaidís ; d'fhásfadh siad / fhásfaidís ‡; fhásfadh siad‡; bhfásfaidís ‡‡; bhfásfadh siad‡‡
a d'fhásfadh / a bhfásfadh *
d'fhásfaí / fhásfaí ‡; bhfásfaí ‡‡
subjunctive
present
go bhfása mé; go bhfásad †
go bhfása tú; go bhfásair †
go bhfása sé, sí
go bhfásaimid ; go bhfása muid
go bhfása sibh
go bhfása siad; go bhfásaid †
—
go bhfástar
past
dá bhfásainn
dá bhfástá
dá bhfásadh sé, sí
dá bhfásaimis ; dá bhfásadh muid
dá bhfásadh sibh
dá bhfásaidís ; dá bhfásadh siad
—
dá bhfástaí
imperative
fásaim
fás
fásadh sé, sí
fásaimis
fásaigí ; fásaidh †
fásaidís
—
fástar
verbal noun
fás
past participle
fásta
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡ dependent form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Noun
fás m (genitive singular as substantive fáis , genitive as verbal noun fásta , nominative plural fáis )
verbal noun of fás
growing , growth
plant , sapling , rod
Declension
As verbal noun:
As substantive:
Synonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Irish fás ( “ empty, void, (of places) vacant, deserted, uninhabited, waste ” ) , from Proto-Celtic *wāstos , from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-sto - .
Adjective
fás (genitive singular masculine fáis , genitive singular feminine fáise , plural fása , comparative fáise )
waste , vacant , empty , void
wild , luxuriant
Declension
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931 ) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry ] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 52 , page 28
^ Finck, F. N. (1899 ) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect ] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 105
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906 ) A Dialect of Donegal , Cambridge University Press, § 315 , page 111
Further reading
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977 ) “fás ”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla , Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “ásaid ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “1 fás ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
fás
plural of fá