faigh
التعريفات والمعاني
== Irish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Irish fagaib, the prototonic form of fo·gaib.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /fˠəi/
(Munster) IPA(key): /fˠaɟ/
(Aran) IPA(key): /fˠa/, /fˠɑː/
(Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /fˠɑː/
(Ulster) IPA(key): /fˠæːj/
=== Verb ===
faigh (present analytic faigheann, future analytic gheobhaidh, verbal noun fáil, past participle faighte)
get, obtain, procure, acquire, gain, receive
find, come by
Synonyms: aimsigh, tar ar
==== Usage notes ====
The past, future, and conditional undergo eclipsis rather than lenition after ní (“not”):
Ní bhfuair mé é ― I didn't find it
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
faigh bás (“die”, verb)
faigh locht ar (“find fault with”)
=== Mutation ===
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “faigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “faigh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“faigh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
== Scottish Gaelic ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Irish fo·gaib.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /fãj/, /fãʝ/
(Barra) IPA(key): /fɛ̃ʝ/
(Wester Ross) IPA(key): /fɤj/
=== Verb ===
faigh (past fhuair, future gheibh, verbal noun faighinn or faotainn, past participle faighte)
get, obtain, receive
An d'fhuair mi mo leabhar? - Fhuair. ― Did I get my book? - You did.
Am faigh mi cothrom am gaoil? - Gheibh. ― Will I receive a chance at love? - You will.
Am faigheadh tu an lèine sin dhomh? - Gheibheadh. ― Would you get that shirt for me? - I would.
find
Mar as àbhaist, fhuair sinn san taigh-seinnse e. ― As usual, we found him in the pub.
achieve, exert (impersonal forms only)
'S math a fhuaras thu! ― You have done well!
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=== Mutation ===
=== References ===
== Yola ==
=== Noun ===
faigh
alternative form of faaighe
=== References ===
Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 14