faitíos

Irish

Alternative forms

• faitcheas, faitchíos (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish faitches (“caution, heedfulness, apprehension”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fˠaˈtʲiː(ə)sˠ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠatʲçiːsˠ/, /ˈfˠatʲçəsˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠaːtʲiəsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠætʲisˠ/

Noun

faitíos m (genitive singular faitís, nominative plural faitís)

1. fear (with roimh plus the thing or person feared)

   Synonym: eagla

   Tá faitíos orm roimh capaill.

   I am afraid of horses.

   (literally, “Fear is on me before horses.”)

2. shyness (with roimh plus the thing or person one is shy of)

   Bhí faitíos ar m’iníon roimh bhuachaillí.

   My daughter was shy of boys.

   (literally, “Shyness was on my daughter before boys.”)

Declension

Declension of faitíos (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative faitíos faitís vocative a fhaitís a fhaitíosa genitive faitís faitíos dative faitíos faitís forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an faitíos na faitís genitive an fhaitís na bhfaitíos dative leis an bhfaitíos don fhaitíos leis na faitís

Derived terms

• faitíosach

Related terms

• faiteach (“fearful, apprehensive; timid, shy”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of faitíos

radical	lenition	eclipsis
faitíos	fhaitíos	bhfaitíos

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “faitches, faitigus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “faitċeas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 295
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “faitíos”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN