faitagh

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish faitech (“cautious, heedful, wary; timid, fearful; nervous, skittish”). Cognate with Irish faiteach.

Adjective

faitagh

timid, shy, cowardly, irresolute, fearful

Noun

faitagh m (genitive singular faitagh, plural faitee)

shy, timid person

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
faitagh	aitagh	vaitagh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “faitech”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

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