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From Middle Irish fed (“length, interval”), from Old Irish ed. Doublet of feadh.
- (Munster) IPA(key): /fʲaː/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /fʲɑː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /fʲɨ̞ɡ/, /fʲaː/, /fʲəɯ̯/[1]
feá m (genitive singular as substantive feá, genitive as verbal noun feáite, nominative plural feánna)
- fathom (unit of length)
- verbal noun of feáigh (“to fathom”)
As substantive:
As verbal noun:
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42
- “feadh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ed”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “feaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 302
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Perhaps a borrowing from Old French fau, from Latin fāgus? This word is missing from the Dictionary of the Irish Language so its history is difficult to ascertain.
feá f (genitive singular feá, nominative plural feánna)
- beech (tree of genus Fagus)
- “feagha”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “feaġa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 303
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
feá
feá
- Alternative form of feag (“rush, reed”)
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| feá | fheá | bhfeá |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||