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 singular plural nominative feac feacanna vocative a fheac a fheacanna genitive feac feacanna dative feac feacanna forms with the definite article 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 singular plural nominative feac feacanna vocative a fheac a fheacanna genitive feice feacanna dative feac feacanna forms with the definite article 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, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative feac vocative a fheac genitive feaca dative feac forms with the definite article 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. (ambitransitive) bend

Conjugation

conjugation of feac (first conjugation – A)

verbal noun	feacadh
past participle	feactha
tense	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*	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*	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

* 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

Mutated forms of feac

radical	lenition	eclipsis
feac	fheac	bhfeac

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), “feac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “feac”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “feac”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025