bean feasa
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “woman of knowledge”
Noun
[edit]bean feasa f (genitive singular mná feasa, nominative plural mná feasa)
- (female) fortune-teller, wise woman, (female) clairvoyant
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bean feasa | bhean feasa | mbean feasa |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fios”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 317
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “bean”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bean feasa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN