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Faoi

Faoi

See also: faoi

Scottish Gaelic

Proper noun

Faoi

  1. Jan (January)

faoi

faoi

See also: Faoi

Irish

Alternative forms

Preposition

faoi (plus dative, triggers lenition)

  1. (standard, Connacht, Ulster) under
  2. (standard, Connacht) about, concerning

Usage notes

The standard Irish and Connacht form faoi (Munster ) means both ‘under’ and ‘about, concerning’. In Ulster, these two meanings are split: faoi means ‘under’, while means ‘about, concerning’.

Inflection

Derived terms

Pronoun

faoi (emphatic faoisean)

  1. third-person singular masculine of faoi

References

  • "faoi" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • fo, fa, fá” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.