feithid

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish ethait, from Old Irish ethait. The initial f- is prothetic and unetymological.

Noun

feithid f (genitive singular feithide, nominative plural feithidí)

  1. tiny creature, insect, bug
  2. (figuratively) puny, insignificant, person
  3. wild creature, beast
  4. repulsive creature, adder, serpent

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
feithid fheithid bhfeithid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *weteti, from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (to turn to, be acquainted with). Cognate with Proto-Indo-Iranian *watáti (to be familiar with).[1]

Verb

feithid (conjunct ·fethi, verbal noun fethem)

  1. to watch
    • c. 700 Immram Brain, published in The Voyage of Bran son of Febal to the land of the living (1895, London: David Nutt), pp. 1-35, edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer and Alfred Nutt, stanza 49
      In delb é no·fethi-su…
      This shape, he on whom thou lookest…

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ar·feith

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wet-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 418, 419

Further reading

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