faic

Irish

Etymology

Probably borrowed from English whack.

Noun

faic m (genitive singular faic, nominative plural faiceanna)

  1. whack
  2. (with negative) nothing
    Níl aon faic air.
    there is nothing wrong with him.
    Níor fágadh faic agam.
    I was left with nothing.
  3. Stick used in game resembling hunt the slipper.

Declension
Declension of faic

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative faic faiceanna
Vocative a fhaic a fhaiceanna
Genitive faic faiceanna
Dative faic faiceanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fhaic na faiceanna
Genitive na faic na bhfaiceanna
Dative leis an bhfaic

don fhaic

 leis na faiceanna

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
faic fhaic bhfaic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ·aicci, prototonic form of ad·cí (“sees, notices, observes; perceives, discerns, realizes”), from Proto-Celtic *adkʷiseti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (“observe”) or *kʷes-. The initial f- of the modern form (see also Irish feic, Manx faik) comes from the misinterpretation of aic- as lenited fhaic-.

Verb

faic (past chunnaic, future chì, verbal noun faicinn, past participle faicte)

  1. see, look, behold
Conjugation
Conjugation of faic (irregular)
singular plural impersonal
first second third m/f first second third
independent past chunnaic mi
chunna mi		 chunnaic thu
chunna tu		 chunnaic e/i
chunna e/i		 chunnaic sinn
chunna sinn		 chunnaic sibh
chunna sibh		 chunnaic iad
chunna iad		 chunnacas
chunnacadh
future chì mi chì thu chì e/i chì sinn chì sibh chì iad chithear
conditional chithinn chitheadh tu chitheadh e/i chitheadh sinn
chitheamaid		 chitheadh sibh chitheadh iad chìte(adh)
chithist(e)1
negative past chan fhaca mi chan fhaca tu chan fhaca e/i chan fhaca sinn chan fhaca sibh chan fhaca iad chan fhacas
chan fhacadh
future chan fhaic mi chan fhaic thu chan fhaic e/i chan fhaic sinn chan fhaic sibh chan fhaic iad chan fhaicear
chan fhaictear
conditional chan fhaicinn chan fhaiceadh tu chan fhaiceadh e/i chan fhaiceadh sinn
chan fhaiceamaid		 chan fhaiceadh sibh chan fhaiceadh iad chan fhaicte(adh)
chan fhaicist(e)1
affirmative
interrogative		 past am faca mi? am faca tu? am faca e/i? am faca sinn? am faca sibh? am faca iad? am facas?
am facadh?
future am faic mi? am faic thu? am faic e/i? am faic sinn? am faic sibh? am faic iad? am faicear?
am faictear?
conditional am faicinn? am faiceadh tu? am faiceadh e/i? am faiceadh sinn?
am faiceamaid?		 am faiceadh sibh? am faiceadh iad? am faicte(adh)?
am faicist(e)?1
negative
interrogative		 past nach fhaca mi? nach fhaca tu? nach fhaca e/i? nach fhaca sinn? nach fhaca sibh? nach fhaca iad? nach fhacas?
nach fhacadh?
future nach fhaic mi? nach fhaic thu? nach fhaic e/i? nach fhaic sinn? nach fhaic sibh? nach fhaic iad? nach fhaicear?
nach fhaictear
conditional nach fhaicinn? nach fhaiceadh tu? nach fhaiceadh e/i? nach fhaiceadh sinn?
nach fhaiceamaid?		 nach fhaiceadh sibh? nach fhaiceadh iad? nach fhaicte(adh)?
nach fhaicist(e)?1
relative future (a) chì mi (a) chì thu (a) chì e/i (a) chì sinn (a) chì sibh (a) chì iad (a) chithear
imperative faiceam! faic! faiceadh e/i! faiceamaid! faicibh! faiceadh iad! faicear!
faictear!
verbal noun faicinn
past participle faicte

1 Lewis dialect form

Etymology 2

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Noun

faic f (genitive singular faice, plural faicean)

  1. hiding place, den, hole
  2. sparkle
  3. pigsty
  4. badly-kept house

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
faicfhaic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “faic”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ad-cí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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