faic

Irish

Etymology

Probably borrowed from English whack.

Noun

faic m (genitive singular faic, nominative plural faiceanna)

1. whack
2. (with negative) nothing

   Níl aon faic air.

   there is nothing wrong with him.

   Níor fágadh faic agam.

   I was left with nothing.

3. Stick used in game resembling hunt the slipper.

Declension

Declension of faic (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative faic faiceanna vocative a fhaic a fhaiceanna genitive faic faiceanna dative faic faiceanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an fhaic na faiceanna genitive na faic na bhfaiceanna dative leis an bhfaic don fhaic leis na faiceanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of faic

radical	lenition	eclipsis
faic	fhaic	bhfaic

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “faic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN