feac

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfʲak/

Etymology 1

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Noun

feac m or f (genitive singular feac or feice, nominative plural feacanna)

  1. handle
  2. spade
Declension
Masculine
Declension of feac

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative feac feacanna
Vocative a fheac a fheacanna
Genitive feac feacanna
Dative feac feacanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an feac na feacanna
Genitive an fheac na bhfeacanna
Dative leis an bhfeac

don fheac

 leis na feacanna
Feminine
Declension of feac

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative feac feacanna
Vocative a fheac a fheacanna
Genitive feice feacanna
Dative feac feacanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fheac na feacanna
Genitive na feice na bhfeacanna
Dative leis an bhfeac

don fheac

 leis na feacanna
Derived terms
  • feac láí (“handle of a spade”)

Etymology 2

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Noun

feac m (genitive singular feaca)

  1. bent posture; bustle, hurry
Declension
Declension of feac

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative feac
Vocative a fheac
Genitive feaca
Dative feac

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an feac
Genitive an fheaca
Dative leis an bhfeac

don fheac

Verb

feac (present analytic feacann, future analytic feacfaidh, verbal noun feacadh, past participle feactha)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) bend
Conjugation
conjugation of feac (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present feacaim feacann tú;
feacair†		 feacann sé, sí feacaimid feacann sibh feacann siad;
feacaid†		 a fheacann; a fheacas /
a bhfeacann*; a bhfeacas*		 feactar
past d'fheac mé; d'fheacas /
fheac mé‡; fheacas‡		 d'fheac tú; d'fheacais /
fheac tú; fheacais‡		 d'fheac sé, sí /
fheac sé, sí‡		 d'fheacamar; d'fheac muid /
fheacamar; fheac muid‡		 d'fheac sibh; d'fheacabhair /
fheac sibh;
fheacabhair‡		 d'fheac siad; d'fheacadar /
fheac siad; fheacadar‡		 a d'fheac /
ar fheac*		 feacadh
past habitual d'fheacainn /
fheacainn‡; bhfeacainn‡‡		 d'fheactá /
fheactá‡; bhfeactᇇ		 d'fheacadh sé, sí /
fheacadh sé, sí‡; bhfeacadh sé, s퇇		 d'fheacaimis; d'fheacadh muid /
fheacaimis; fheacadh muid‡; bhfeacaimis‡‡; bhfeacadh muid‡‡		 d'fheacadh sibh /
fheacadh sibh‡; bhfeacadh sibh‡‡		 d'fheacaidís; d'fheacadh siad /
fheacaidís; fheacadh siad‡; bhfeacaidís‡‡; bhfeacadh siad‡‡		 a d'fheacadh /
a bhfeacadh*		 d'fheactaí /
fheactaí‡; bhfeacta퇇
future feacfaidh mé;
feacfad		 feacfaidh tú;
feacfair†		 feacfaidh sé, sí feacfaimid;
feacfaidh muid		 feacfaidh sibh feacfaidh siad;
feacfaid†		 a fheacfaidh; a fheacfas /
a bhfeacfaidh*; a bhfeacfas*		 feacfar
conditional d'fheacfainn / fheacfainn‡; bhfeacfainn‡‡ d'fheacfá / fheacfá‡; bhfeacfᇇ d'fheacfadh sé, sí / fheacfadh sé, sí‡; bhfeacfadh sé, s퇇 d'fheacfaimis; d'fheacfadh muid / fheacfaimis‡; fheacfadh muid‡; bhfeacfaimis‡‡; bhfeacfadh muid‡‡ d'fheacfadh sibh / fheacfadh sibh‡; bhfeacfadh sibh‡‡ d'fheacfaidís; d'fheacfadh siad / fheacfaidís‡; fheacfadh siad‡; bhfeacfaidís‡‡; bhfeacfadh siad‡‡ a d'fheacfadh /
a bhfeacfadh*		 d'fheacfaí / fheacfaí‡; bhfeacfa퇇
subjunctive present go bhfeaca mé;
go bhfeacad†		 go bhfeaca tú;
go bhfeacair†		 go bhfeaca sé, sí go bhfeacaimid;
go bhfeaca muid		 go bhfeaca sibh go bhfeaca siad;
go bhfeacaid†		 — go bhfeactar
past dá bhfeacainn dá bhfeactá dá bhfeacadh sé, sí dá bhfeacaimis;
dá bhfeacadh muid		 dá bhfeacadh sibh dá bhfeacaidís;
dá bhfeacadh siad		 — dá bhfeactaí
imperative feacaim feac feacadh sé, sí feacaimis feacaigí;
feacaidh†		 feacaidís — feactar
verbal noun feacadh
past participle feactha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms
  • feacach (“corrugated”, adjective)
  • feacaíocht f (“(act of) bending, yielding”)
  • feacaí m (“bender, yielder, compliant person”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
feac fheac bhfeac
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “feac” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “feac” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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