feadh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish fed, from Old Irish ed. Doublet of feá.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fʲaɡ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /fʲa/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /fʲæː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /fʲɨ̞ɡ/, /fʲaː/, /fʲəɯ̯/
• Homophone: feag (some pronunciations)

Noun

feadh m (genitive singular feadha)

1. extent, length

Declension

Declension of feadh

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative feadh Vocative a fheadh Genitive feadha Dative feadh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an feadh Genitive an fheadha Dative leis an bhfeadh don fheadh

Derived terms

• ar feadh

Preposition

feadh (plus genitive, triggers no mutation)

1. along (by the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to)

   feadh an bhóthair ― along the road

   feadh an chladaigh ― along the shore

Noun

feadh m (genitive singular feadha, nominative plural feadhanna)

1. Superseded spelling of feá (“fathom”).

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
feadh	fheadh	bhfeadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “feadh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “feaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 301
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish fed, from Old Irish ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjɤɣ/

Noun

feadh m

1. extent, length
2. fathom

Derived terms

• air feadh