faichill

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish foichell, from Old Irish fochell.

Noun[edit]

faichill f (genitive singular faichille)

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

Declension[edit]

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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.

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