fáistineach
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish fáistinech (“one who prophesies or divines, a soothsayer”), from Old Irish fáitsine (“prophesying; a prophecy, an augury”) + -ach.
Noun
fáistineach m (genitive singular fáistinigh, nominative plural fáistinigh)
- prophet, soothsayer
- (grammar) future (tense)
Declension
Declension of fáistineach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- fáistineach foirfe (“future perfect”)
Related terms
- fáistineacht (“fortune-telling”)
- fáistinigh (“prophesy”, verb)
Adjective
fáistineach (genitive singular masculine fáistinigh, genitive singular feminine fáistiní, plural fáistineacha, not comparable)
- prophetic
- Synonyms: fáidhiúil, tairngeartach
- (grammar) future
Declension
Declension of fáistineach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fáistineach | fháistineach | fáistineacha; fháistineacha² | |
| Vocative | fháistinigh | fáistineacha | ||
| Genitive | fáistiní | fáistineacha | fáistineach | |
| Dative | fáistineach; fháistineach¹ |
fháistineach; fháistinigh (archaic) |
fáistineacha; fháistineacha² | |
| Comparative | níos fáistiní | |||
| Superlative | is fáistiní | |||
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
- an aimsir fháistineach (“the future tense”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fáistineach | fháistineach | bhfáistineach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fáistineach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “prophetic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fáistinech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “fáistineach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
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