feum

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French or Old Occitan feu/fieu; see the main entry for more. === Noun === feum n (genitive feī); second declension (Medieval Latin) alternative form of feudum (“fief, fee”) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). == Middle English == === Noun === feum alternative form of fume == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish feidm (“effort”), from Proto-Celtic *wedesman, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead”). Cognate with Irish feidhm. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /feːm/ === Noun === feum m (genitive singular feuma or fèim) need, necessity ann 'am fheum ― in my time of need 'S e am feum a thug air sin a dhèanamh. ― Dire necessity made him do that. use, usefulness Chan eil feum annad. ― There is no use in you. Dè is feum dha? ― What is the use of it? Is beag feum a tha ort. ― You are quite useless. poverty worth occasion Chan eil feum ort. ― There is no occasion for (or need of) you. ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === feum (intransitive) to need to, have to, must (transitive) to need ==== Inflection ==== The future tense feumaidh is used with present meaning: feumaidh mi ― I must === Mutation === === References === Edward Dwelly (1911), “feum”, 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), “feidm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language