fairsing

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish fairsiung.[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic farsaing.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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fairsing (genitive singular masculine fairsing, genitive singular feminine fairsinge, plural fairsinge, comparative fairsinge)

  1. wide, broad
    Synonym: leathan
  2. extensive, ample, spacious
  3. plentiful, abundant, bountiful
    Synonym: líonmhar

Declension

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Declension of fairsing
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative fairsing fhairsing fairsinge;
fhairsinge²
Vocative fhairsing fairsinge
Genitive fairsinge fairsinge fairsing
Dative fairsing;
fhairsing¹ 		fhairsing fairsinge;
fhairsinge²
Comparative níos fairsinge
Superlative is fairsinge

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

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  • fairsinge (“breadth”)
  • fairsingigh (“widen, extend; broaden, expand; become plentiful; become liberal”, verb)

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fairsing fhairsing bhfairsing
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fairsing”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 257, page 92

Further reading

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