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faoi.

under

4 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

prep/fˠiː/

  1. under

    Connacht · Ulster · standard · triggers-lenition · with-dative

  2. about, concerning

    Connacht · standard · triggers-lenition · with-dative

  3. around, about

    triggers-lenition · with-dative
    Cuir faoi do choim é.
    Chuir mé gad faoi mhuineál an chapaill.

  4. times, multiplied by

    triggers-lenition · with-dative
    a trí faoi a hocht
    faoi dhó
Where this word comes from

A generalization of the third-person masculine singular inflected form, from Old Irish foí, the third-person masculine singular inflected form of fo (“under”), from Proto-Celtic *uɸo, from Proto-Indo-European *upo. Compare Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó), Middle Welsh go. During the Early Modern Irish period, this preposition began to take over the meaning of Old Irish imm (“around, about”) (modern um), which had variant forms ma and lenited fa, bha that were probably conflated with faoi. Doublet of ó (“-wards”).

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