faigh

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish fagaib, the prototonic form of fo·gaib.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

faigh (present analytic faigheann, future analytic gheobhaidh, verbal noun fáil, past participle faighte)

  1. get, obtain, procure, acquire, gain, receive
  2. find, come by
    Synonyms: aimsigh, tar ar

Usage notes[edit]

  • The past, future, and conditional undergo eclipsis rather than lenition after (not):
  • bhfuair mé éI didn't find it

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
faigh fhaigh bhfaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 103

Further reading[edit]

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish fo·gaib.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

faigh (past fhuair, future gheibh, verbal noun faighinn or faotainn, past participle faighte)

  1. get, obtain, receive
    An d'fhuair mi mo leabhar? - Fhuair.Did I get my book? - You did.
    Am faigh mi cothrom am gaoil? - Gheibh.Will I receive a chance at love? - You will.
    Am faigheadh tu an lèine sin dhomh? - Gheibheadh.Would you get that shirt for me? - I would.
  2. find
    Mar as àbhaist, fhuair sinn san taigh-seinnse e.As usual, we found him in the pub.
  3. achieve, exert (impersonal forms only)
    'S math a fhuaras thu!You have done well!

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
faigh fhaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Yola[edit]

Noun[edit]

faigh

  1. Alternative form of faaighe
    • 1867, OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR:
      F. daaily, faigh, gaay, haail, laay, paay, waaite.
      E. daily, faith, gay, hail, lay, pay, wait.

References[edit]

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 14