feic
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish ·aicci (“sees”), prototonic form of ad·cí, from Proto-Celtic *adkʷiseti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (“see, heed”) (compare Sanskrit चायति (cāyati, “perceives”)) or Proto-Indo-European *kʷes- (compare Sanskrit चक्षति (cakṣati, “sees”)). The initial f- of the Modern Irish form comes from the misinterpretation of aic- as lenited fhaic- (later modified to fheic). Compare Scottish Gaelic faic.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]feic m (genitive singular feic, nominative plural feiceanna)
Declension
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Verb
[edit]feic (present analytic feiceann, future analytic feicfidh, verbal noun feiceáil, past participle feicthe)
- (transitive, intransitive) see
- 2020 March 1, 1:57 from the start, in Lá Le Mamó nó Daideo[1], season 1, episode 16, TG4, retrieved 31 October 2023:
- (John Folan): An bhfaca tú an sleán cheana ariamh, an bhfacais? / (Jeaic Ó Cualáin): Chonaic. / (JF): An bhfacais?
- (JF): Have you ever seen a slane before, have you? / (JC): Yes, I have. / (JF): Have you?
Conjugation
[edit]* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
in older literary language and Munster, the present indicative, past habitual, future, and conditional have independent forms built on the stem chí- (in West Kerry delenited to cí-); the feic- forms listed above are dependent and are only used in the present and habitual; in Munster, the past independent forms are pronounced with initial /xn-/ but spelled in a variety of ways; the verbal noun is also different in Munster:
¶ West Kerry
In Ulster, the present indicative, past habitual, future, and conditional have independent forms built on the stem tí- (also spelled tchí-); the feic- forms listed above are dependent and are only used in the present and habitual. The simple past indicative independent form is thainic or thanaic (the dependent form being faca, as in the standard language):
Derived terms
[edit]- dofheicthe (“invisible”, adjective)
- infheicthe (“visible”, adjective)
- sofheicthe (“visible”, adjective)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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feic | fheic | bhfeic |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “feic”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “feic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- An briathar cíonn (pp. 278-281) in Ó Sé, Diarmuid. (2000). Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne. Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann. ISBN: 0-946452-97-0.
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