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feidhm.

use, application

6 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/fʲəimʲ/Munster[fʲëimʲ]Munster/fʲəimʲ/Ulster[fʲeimʲ]Ulster

  1. use, application

    feminine

  2. service

    feminine

  3. function

    feminine

  4. business, affair

    feminine

  5. effect, effectiveness

    feminine

  6. need, necessity

    feminine
    Níl feidhm é sin a dhéanamh.
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish feidm (“effort”), from Proto-Celtic *wedesman, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead”). Compare Scottish Gaelic feum.

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