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) timid, fearful, timorous Synonym: scaollmhar shy, bashful, nervous Synonym: cúthail ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== anfhaiteach ==== Related terms ==== faitíos === Mutation === === 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