Irish

Alternative forms

• faitcheas (obsolete)
• faitchíos (obsolete)

Noun

faitíos m ‎(genitive singular faitís, nominative plural faitís)

1. fear (with roimh plus the thing or person feared)

   Tá faitíos orm roimh capaill.‎

   I am afraid of horses. (literally, ‘Fear is on me before horses.’)

2. shyness (with roimh plus the thing or person one is shy of)

   Bhí faitíos ar m’iníon roimh bhuachaillí.‎

   My daughter was shy of boys. (literally, ‘Shyness was on my daughter before boys.’)

Declension

Synonyms

• eagla

Related terms

• faiteach ‎(“fearful, apprehensive; timid, shy”)

Mutation

References

• “faitches, faitigus” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “faitċeas” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "faitíos" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

1. ↑ Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 107.