foighne.
patience (quality of being patient)
Meaning & usage
patience (quality of being patient)
Where this word comes from
Unetymological spelling of foidhinne, a regular development from foidhidne which itself is likely a conflation of obsolete foidhidnighe (Old Irish foditnige) and still common foidhide (Old Irish foditiu), which is itself an (irregular?) development of Old Irish fodaitiu (as if fodhaide in modern spelling), verbal noun of fo·daim. The unetymological spelling with -gh- is attested since at least the 17th century but (unlike the etymological spelling foidhinne) does not allow for the regular derivation of the word's pronunciation as /ˈfˠəiɲə/ (as if spelt foínge) in East Munster and County Cork (excluding the baronies of West Carberry and Bearra), areas where slender nn /n̠ʲ/ has regularly become slender ng /ɲ/ in noninitial position.
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