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fés

fés

See also: fes

Icelandic

Noun

fés n ‎(genitive singular féss, nominative plural fés)

(derogatory) face, mug

Declension

declension of fés

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
nominative	fés	fésið	fés	fésin
accusative	fés	fésið	fés	fésin
dative	fési	fésinu	fésum	fésunum
genitive	féss	féssins	fésa	fésanna

Synonyms

(face, mug): smetti, trýni

Derived terms

apafés
Fésbók

See also

andlit
kollur
snápur
snjáldur
ófrýnilegur

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fʲeːs/

Noun

fés f

lip
- Metrical Dindshechas iii 50.38
  faídiud fás fri fés
  empty lamentation with the lips
body hair

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

fésóc ‎(“beard”)
fésgorm ‎(“bluebearded”)
fésléne ‎(“hair-shirt”)

Descendants

Irish: féas ‎(“coarse hair, beard”)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
fés	ḟés	fés pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“1 fés (‘lip’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“2 fés (‘body hair’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Portuguese

Noun

fés f pl

Plural of noun fé.