feith

== English == === Noun === feith (countable and uncountable, plural feiths) Obsolete spelling of faith. === Anagrams === theif, thief == Irish == === Etymology === From Middle Irish fethid, from Proto-Celtic *weteti (“be acquainted with”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“be acquainted with, turn to”) (compare Sanskrit वत् (vat, “get acquainted with”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fʲeh/ === Verb === feith (present analytic feitheann, future analytic feithfidh, verbal noun feitheamh, past participle feite) watch watch over; guard ==== Conjugation ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “feiṫim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 446; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “feith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Middle English == === Alternative forms === feiþ, feyth, feyt, faith, faythe, fath fai, fay, faye, fei, fey, feye === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman feid (early form of foi), from Latin fidem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fæi̯θ/, /fæi̯/ === Noun === feith (plural feiths) faith ==== Descendants ==== English: faith Scots: faith Yola: faaighe, faighe, faigh, fythe ==== References ==== “feith, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Middle Irish fethid, from Proto-Celtic *weteti (“be acquainted with”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“be acquainted with, turn to”) (compare Sanskrit वत् (vat, “get acquainted with”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /feh/ === Verb === feith (past dh'fheith, future feithidh, verbal noun feitheamh, past participle feithte) wait stay, remain ==== Synonyms ==== fan fuirich === Mutation === === References ===