feadair
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish ·fitir, conjunct form of ro·fitir (“know”), originally the perfect tense of ro·finnadar (“to find”), from Proto-Celtic *windeti (“find”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”).
Verb
[edit]feadair (present indicative dependent forms only)
- to know (used only in questions or negative sentences)
- ní fheadar ― I don’t know
- an bhfeadraís... ? ― do you know... ?
- nach bhfeadair sé... ? ― doesn’t he know... ?
Conjugation
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
feadair | fheadair | bhfeadair |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feadair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN