fearsaid

Irish

(Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲaɾˠsˠədʲ/, /ˈfʲaɾˠsˠəd̪ˠ/^[3] (corresponding to the form fearsad)
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲaɾˠsˠəd̪ˠ/^[4] (corresponding to the form fearsad)

fearsaid f (genitive singular fearsaide, nominative plural fearsaidí)

spindle (rod in spinning and winding thread; rod which turns, or on which something turns round; rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool)
shaft (in an engine)
axle, axletree
peg of a top
sandbank at low water
ditty, piece of poetry or verse

Declension of fearsaid (second declension)

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an fhearsaid	na fearsaidí
genitive	na fearsaide	na bhfearsaidí
dative	leis an bhfearsaid don fhearsaid	leis na fearsaidí

Alternative genitive singular: feirste

Mutated forms of *fearsaid*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
fearsaid	fhearsaid	bhfearsaid

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

^ “fearsaid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feartas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 272
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 318, page 111

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fertas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 fertas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fearsaid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 305
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fearsaid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 305
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fearsaid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN