faoi

See also: Faoi

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish fo, from Proto-Celtic *uɸo, from Proto-Indo-European *upo. Compare Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó), Middle Welsh go.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fˠiː/

Preposition

faoi (plus dative, triggers lenition)

  1. (standard, Connacht, Ulster) under
    • 2015, Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, transl., Maura McHugh, editor, Amhrán na Mara (fiction), Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea by Will Collins, →ISBN:
      Thuas i dteach an tsolais, faoi réaltaí geala, canann Bronach Amhrán na Mara dá mac Ben atá cúig bliana d'aois.
      Up in the lighthouse, under twinkling stars, Bronach sings the Song of the Sea to her five-year-old son, Ben.
  2. (standard, Connacht) about, concerning

Usage notes
  • The standard Irish and Connacht form faoi (Munster fé) means both ‘under’ and ‘about, concerning’. In Ulster, these two meanings are split: faoi means ‘under’, while fá means ‘about, concerning’.

Inflection
Inflection of faoi
Person Normal Emphatic
1st person sing. fúm fúmsa
2d person sing. fút fútsa
3d sing. masc. faoi faoisean
3d sing. fem. fúithi fúithise
1st person pl. fúinn fúinne
2d person pl. fúibh fúibhse
3d person pl. fúthu fúthusan

Derived terms
Irish preposition contractions
Basic form Contracted with Copular forms
an (“the sg”)na (“the pl”)mo (“my”)do (“your”)a (“his, her, their; which (present)”)ár (“our”)ar (“which (past)”)(before consonant)(present/future before vowel)(past/conditional before vowel)
de (“from”)dende na
desna*		de mo
dem*		de do
ded*, det*		dá dárdardarbdarbh
do (“to, for”)dondo na
dosna*		do mo
dom*		do do
dod*, dot*		dá dárdardarbdarbh
faoi (“under, about”)faoinfaoi nafaoi mofaoi dofaoinafaoinár faoinarfaoinarbfaoinarbh
fara (“along with, beside”)fairis anfairis nafara mofara dofaranafaranár faranarfaranarbfaranarbh
i (“in”)sa, sansnai mo
im*		i do
id*, it*		inainár inarinarbinarbh
le (“with”)leis anleis nale mo
lem*		le do
led*, let*		lenalenár lenarlenarblenarbh
ó (“from, since”)ónó na
ósna*		ó mo
óm*		ó do
ód*, ót*		ónaónár ónarónarbónarbh
trí (“through”)tríd antrí natrí motrí dotrínatrínár trínartrínarbtrínarbh
*Dialectal.

Pronoun

faoi (emphatic faoisean)

  1. third-person singular masculine of faoi

References
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