English

Noun

fada ‎(plural fadas)

1. The acute accent as used in Irish orthography to mark a long vowel.
   • 1993, John Minahane, The Christian Druids: On the Filid or Philosopher-poets of Ireland, Dublin: Sanas Press (reprinted Dublin: Howth Free Press, 2008, ISBN 9780955316302) p. 35:

     When I read in the RIA Dictionary that the third person singular passive perfect of the verb fo-geib or fo-gaib “has been found”, has been found in the form frith, frioth, fo frith, foríth, and whole lot more including fríth with the fada, I find that friothfully froth-provoking.

   • 2006, Elizabeth Keane, An Irish Statesman and Revolutionary: The Nationalist and Internationalist Politics of Seán MacBride, London: I. B. Tauris, ISBN 9781845111250 p. vii:

     The Irish acute accent mark, or fada, is included on Irish proper names and words in the Irish language where required, for example Seán MacBride and Dáil Éireann, except when the fada is not used in a direct quote.

   • 2007, Holly Bennett, The Warrior’s Daughter, Custer, Washington: Orca Book Publishers, ISBN 9781551436074, p. ix:

     And finally, I have omitted the fadas, or accents, from all Irish words, since they are no help to a North American reader.

   • 2008, Caroline Williams, “The Irish Playography: documenting the Irish Theatrical Repertoire”, in: Du document à l’utilisateur : Rôles et responsabilités des centres spécialisés dans les arts du spectacle, ed. M. Auclair, K. Davis, and S. François, Brussels: Peter Lang, ISBN 9789052014340 pp. 219-20:

     It’s very common in Irish to use a fada on a name, and we had to ensure that a name like Seán, for example should [be possible for] people [to] search [for] with or without the fada on “á”.

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin Fāta ‎(“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum ‎(“fate”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fa‧da

Noun

fada f ‎(plural fades)

1. fairy

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin Fāta ‎(“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum ‎(“fate, destiny told by the gods”). Compare French fée, Italian fata, Occitan and Portuguese fada, Spanish hada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaðə/
• Rhymes: -aða
• Hyphenation: fa‧da

Noun

fada f ‎(plural fades)

1. fairy

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: fadas, fadât

Verb

fada

1. third-person singular past historic of fader

Galician

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin Fāta ‎(“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum ‎(“fate”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fa‧da

Noun

fada f ‎(plural fadas)

1. fairy

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fota, from Proto-Indo-European *wazdʰos ‎(“long, wide”); compare Latin vastus ‎(“wide”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɑd̪ˠə/
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠad̪ˠə/
• Hyphenation: fa‧da

Adjective

fada ‎(comparative faide or foide)

1. long
2. far

Declension

• Alternative comparative form: foide (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

• síneadh fada m ‎(“acute accent, used to indicate a long vowel”, literally “long stretching”)

Related terms

• fad

Mutation

References

• "fada" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “fota, fata” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English father.

Noun

fada

1. father

Occitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin Fāta ‎(“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum ‎(“fate, destiny told by the gods”). Compare Catalan fada, French fée, Italian fata, Portuguese fada, Spanish hada.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fa‧da

Noun

fada f (plural fadas)

1. fairy

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese fada, from Vulgar Latin Fāta ‎(“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum ‎(“fate”).

Compare Galician fada, Spanish hada, Catalan fada, Occitan fada, French fée and Italian fata.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ðɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.da/, /ˈfa.dɐ/
• Hyphenation: fa‧da
• Rhymes: -ada

Noun

fada f (plural fadas)

1. fairy

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fota, from Proto-Indo-European *wazdʰos ‎(“long, wide”); compare Latin vastus ‎(“wide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fad̪̊ə], /fat̪ə/
• Hyphenation: fa‧da

Adjective

fada ‎(comparative fhaide)

1. long
2. far

Derived terms

• anns an ùine fhada
• fadalach
• gunna fada

Related terms

• a dh'fhaid
• fad

Adverb

fada

1. long
2. far
   • Bha agam ri feitheamh fada ro fhada.‎

     I had to wait far too long.

Derived terms

• fad is farsaing
• o chionn fhada

References

• “fota, fata” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.