feithid

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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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

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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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

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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

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Derived terms

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References

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  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

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