# feith
## English
### Noun

feith (countable and uncountable, plural feiths)
* Obsolete spelling of faith.

### Anagrams

* theif, thief

## Irish
### Etymology

From Middle Irish fethid, from Proto-Celtic *weteti (“be acquainted with”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“be acquainted with, turn to”) (compare Sanskrit वत् (vat, “get acquainted with”)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fʲɛh/

### Verb

feith (present analytic feitheann, future analytic feithfidh, verbal noun feitheamh, past participle feite)
* watch
* watch over; guard

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | feithim | feitheann tú; feithir$^†$ | feitheann sé, sí | feithimid | feitheann sibh | feitheann siad; feithid$^†$ | a fheitheann; a fheitheas / a bhfeitheann* | feithtear |
| indicative | past | d'fheith mé; d'fheitheas / fheith mé‡; fheitheas‡ | d'fheith tú; d'fheithis / fheith tú; fheithis‡ | d'fheith sé, sí / fheith sé, sí‡ | d'fheitheamar; d'fheith muid / fheitheamar; fheith muid‡ | d'fheith sibh; d'fheitheabhair / fheith sibh; fheitheabhair‡ | d'fheith siad; d'fheitheadar / fheith siad; fheitheadar‡ | a d'fheith / ar fheith* | feitheadh |
| indicative | past habitual | d'fheithinn / fheithinn‡; bhfeithinn‡‡ | d'fheithteá / fheithteá‡; bhfeithteá‡‡ | d'fheitheadh sé, sí / fheitheadh sé, sí‡; bhfeitheadh sé, sí‡‡ | d'fheithimis; d'fheitheadh muid / fheithimis; fheitheadh muid‡; bhfeithimis‡‡; bhfeitheadh muid‡‡ | d'fheitheadh sibh / fheitheadh sibh‡; bhfeitheadh sibh‡‡ | d'fheithidís; d'fheitheadh siad / fheithidís; fheitheadh siad‡; bhfeithidís‡‡; bhfeitheadh siad‡‡ | a d'fheitheadh / a bhfeitheadh* | d'fheithtí / fheithtí‡; bhfeithtí‡‡ |
| future | future | feithfidh mé; feithfead | feithfidh tú; feithfir$^†$ | feithfidh sé, sí | feithfimid; feithfidh muid | feithfidh sibh | feithfidh siad; feithfid$^†$ | a fheithfidh; a fheithfeas / a bhfeithfidh* | feithfear |
| conditional | conditional | d'fheithfinn / fheithfinn‡; bhfeithfinn‡‡ | d'fheithfeá / fheithfeá‡; bhfeithfeá‡‡ | d'fheithfeadh sé, sí / fheithfeadh sé, sí‡; bhfeithfeadh sé, sí‡‡ | d'fheithfimis; d'fheithfeadh muid / fheithfimis‡; fheithfeadh muid‡; bhfeithfimis‡‡; bhfeithfeadh muid‡‡ | d'fheithfeadh sibh / fheithfeadh sibh‡; bhfeithfeadh sibh‡‡ | d'fheithfidís; d'fheithfeadh siad / fheithfidís‡; fheithfeadh siad‡; bhfeithfidís‡‡; bhfeithfeadh siad‡‡ | a d'fheithfeadh / a bhfeithfeadh* | d'fheithfí / fheithfí‡; bhfeithfí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go bhfeithe mé; go bhfeithead$^†$ | go bhfeithe tú; go bhfeithir$^†$ | go bhfeithe sé, sí | go bhfeithimid; go bhfeithe muid | go bhfeithe sibh | go bhfeithe siad; go bhfeithid$^†$ | — | go bhfeithtear |
| subjunctive | past | dá bhfeithinn | dá bhfeithteá | dá bhfeitheadh sé, sí | dá bhfeithimis; dá bhfeitheadh muid | dá bhfeitheadh sibh | dá bhfeithidís; dá bhfeitheadh siad | — | dá bhfeithtí |
| imperative | imperative | feithim | feith | feitheadh sé, sí | feithimis | feithigí; feithidh$^†$ | feithidís | — | feithtear |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | feitheamh | feitheamh | feitheamh | feitheamh | feitheamh | feitheamh | feitheamh | feitheamh |
| past participle | past participle | feite | feite | feite | feite | feite | feite | feite | feite |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡ dependent form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fethid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wet-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 418–19

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* feiþ, feyth, feyt, faith, faythe, fath
* fai, fay, faye, fei, fey, feye

### Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman feid (early form of foi), from Latin fidem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fæi̯θ/, /fæi̯/

### Noun

feith (plural feiths)
* faith

#### Descendants

* English: faith
* Scots: faith
* Yola: faaighe, faighe, faigh, fythe

#### References

* “feith, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Middle Irish fethid, from Proto-Celtic *weteti (“be acquainted with”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“be acquainted with, turn to”) (compare Sanskrit वत् (vat, “get acquainted with”)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /feh/

### Verb

feith (past dh'fheith, future feithidh, verbal noun feitheamh, past participle feithte)
* wait
* stay, remain

#### Synonyms

* fan
* fuirich

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fethid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wet-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 418–19