fàg

See also: fag, fág, and -fag

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ·fácaib, prototonic form of fo·ácaib, from *fo-ad-gaib-, from Proto-Celtic *gabyeti (“take, hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (“to take”); compare Welsh gafael (“hold”), Latin habeō (“have”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /faːk/

Verb

fàg (past dh'fhàg, future fàgaidh, verbal noun fàgail, past participle fàgte)

  1. leave, quit, abandon, desert
  2. leave, make, cause
    Dh'fhàg an t-òran brònach mi. ― The song made/left me sad.
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