faoistin

Irish

Alternative forms
  • faoiside f
  • faoisidin f
  • faoiste f
  • faoistean f
  • faoistine f

Etymology

Compare Old Irish faísitiu.

Noun

faoistin f (genitive singular faoistine, nominative plural faoistiní)

  1. confession

Declension
Declension of faoistin

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative faoistin faoistiní
Vocative a fhaoistin a fhaoistiní
Genitive faoistine faoistiní
Dative faoistin faoistiní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fhaoistin na faoistiní
Genitive na faoistine na bhfaoistiní
Dative leis an bhfaoistin

don fhaoistin

 leis na faoistiní

Derived terms
  • athair faoistine, oide faoistine (“father confessor”)
  • bosca faoistine (“confessional”)
  • faoistin bhacach (“imperfect confession”)
  • faoistin choiteann (“general confession”)
  • An Fhaoistin Choiteann (“the Confiteor”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
faoistin fhaoistin bhfaoistin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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