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feoigh.

to decay, wither, rot

6 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

verb/fʲɔːɟ/Munster/fʲɔːj/Connacht, Ulster
  1. to decay, wither, rot

Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish feódaid, feódaigid, from feo (“withered”), from Proto-Celtic *wiwos (“withered”) (whence also Welsh gwyw), from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to wither”) (compare Latin viēscō (“to wilt”), Old Norse visinn (“wilted”), Lithuanian výsti (“to wither”))

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