feiste

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

feiste

inflection of feist:
1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
2. strong nominative/accusative plural
3. weak nominative all-gender singular
4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Irish

Etymology

Probably from Middle English feste (“firm, fixed”).

Noun

feiste f (genitive singular feiste, nominative plural feistí)

Declension

Declension of feiste

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	feiste	feistí
Vocative	a fheiste	a fheistí
Genitive	feiste	feistí
Dative	feiste	feistí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fheiste	na feistí
Genitive	na feiste	na bhfeistí
Dative	leis an bhfeiste don fheiste	leis na feistí

Derived terms

feiste phléascach sheiftithe f (“improvised explosive device”)
feisteán m (“outfit”)
feistigh (“fix, fit”, verb)

Related terms

feisteas
feistiúil

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feiste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “feiste”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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