faichill

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish foichell, from Old Irish fochell.

Noun

faichill f (genitive singular faichille)

  1. verbal noun of faichill
  2. care, caution
  3. wariness, guardedness

Declension

Verb

faichill (present analytic faichilleann, future analytic faichillfidh, verbal noun faichill, past participle faichillte)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) be careful, wary, on guard (of/against ar}
    Faichill thú féin airBe wary of him.

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
faichill fhaichill bhfaichill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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