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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish feis.
Pronunciation
Noun
feis (plural feiseanna)
- (Ireland) An Irish festival, usually including folk music, dancing, and sports.
- (Ireland) An Irish gathering at which new laws were decreed, as well as folk music, dancing, and sports.
See also
Anagrams
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish fess, verbal noun of foïd (“to spend the night”), from Proto-Celtic *woseti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to reside”).
Pronunciation
Noun
feis f (genitive singular feise, nominative plural feiseanna)
- (literary)
- act of sleeping, of passing the night
- accommodation, entertainment, for the night; bed and supper
- (literary)
- sleeping together, sexual intercourse
- espousal, marriage
- festival
- Synonym: féile
- Irish language festival (with competitions)
- (literature) feast tale
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “feis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 feis(s), fess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “feis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “feis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Verb
feis
- simple past of fise
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
feis
- inflection of fess:
- accusative/dative singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative dual
Noun
feis
- alternative form of fess (original dative used as nominative, which is very common in verbal nouns)
Verb
feis
- third-person singular future absolute of fichid
Mutation
Mutation of feis
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nasalization
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ḟeis |
feis
pronounced with /βʲ-/
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish fess, verbal noun of foïd (“to spend the night”), from Proto-Celtic *woseti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to reside”).
Pronunciation
Noun
feis f (genitive singular feise)
- sex, intercourse
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with fèis (“a festival”).
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “feis”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 feis(s), fess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Spanish
Verb
feis
- second-person plural present subjunctive of far
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from English vice.
Pronunciation
Noun
feis f (not mutable, plural feisiau or feisys)
- vise
- Synonyms: gafaelor, cogwrn tro
- tap, spout
- Synonyms: tap, dwsel, pistyll
- (firearms) trigger
- Synonym: clicied
Further reading
- D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “feis”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “feis”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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