faiche

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish faidche, faithche (“lawn before a building, public square”).

Noun

faiche f (genitive singular faiche, nominative plural faichí)

lawn
Synonyms: báinseach, léana, plásóg, plásóg fhéir
green
Synonym: plásóg
(playing-)field, (play)ground
1. (cricket) ground
  Synonym: faiche imeartha

Declension

Declension of faiche

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	faiche	faichí
Vocative	a fhaiche	a fhaichí
Genitive	faiche	faichí
Dative	faiche	faichí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fhaiche	na faichí
Genitive	na faiche	na bhfaichí
Dative	leis an bhfaiche don fhaiche	leis na faichí

Derived terms

faiche an bhaile (“village green”)
faiche aonaigh (“fairground”)
faiche bollaí (“bowling-green”)
faiche cróice (“croquet lawn”)
faiche ghiústála (“tilt-yard”)
faiche imeartha
faiche mhargaidh (“market-place”)
faiche thraenála (“training ground”)
giolla faiche (“groundsman”)
lomaire faiche (“lawn-mower, mowing-machine”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
faiche	fhaiche	bhfaiche
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “faiche”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “faiche” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “faiche” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Old French

Noun

faiche oblique singular, f (oblique plural faiches, nominative singular faiche, nominative plural faiches)

(Picardy) Alternative form of face

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