faitagh
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Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish faitech (“cautious, heedful, wary; timid, fearful; nervous, skittish”). Cognate with Irish faiteach.
Adjective
faitagh
Noun
faitagh m (genitive singular faitagh, plural faitee)
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| faitagh | aitagh | vaitagh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “faitech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language