faiteach

Irish

Alternative forms

• faitcheach, faitíosach

Etymology

From Old Irish faitech (“cautious, timid, nervous”). Cognate with Manx faitagh.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠatʲəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠatʲa(x)/

Adjective

faiteach (genitive singular masculine faitigh, genitive singular feminine faití, plural faiteacha, comparative faití)

1. timid, fearful, timorous

   Synonym: scaollmhar

2. shy, bashful, nervous

   Synonym: cúthail

Declension

Declension of faiteach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	faiteach	fhaiteach	faiteacha; fhaiteacha2
vocative	fhaitigh		faiteacha
genitive		faití	faiteacha	faiteach
dative	faiteach; fhaiteach1	fhaiteach; fhaitigh (archaic)	faiteacha; fhaiteacha2
Comparative	níos faití
Superlative	is faití

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• anfhaiteach

Related terms

• faitíos

Mutation

Mutated forms of faiteach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
faiteach	fhaiteach	bhfaiteach

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

Further reading

• “faiteach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “faitech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language