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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
fóid, a peat; see fód.
fòidheach, a beggar; see faoighe.
foidhearach, naked (H.S.D., Dial.):
foidhidinn, patience, Ir. foighid, O. Ir. foditiu, toleratio (*vo-dam-tin-), vb. fodamim, patior, root dam; Lat. domo, I tame, subdue; Gr. δαμάω (do.); Eng. tame; Skr. dâmyati, tame.
foighnich, ask; see faighnich. Also, more Dialectic, foinich.
foil, macerate, broil; see fail. Hence foileag, a cake suddenly and imperfectly toasted.
foil, pig-stye; see fail.
fòil, slow, stately, fòill, composure, Ir. fòil, fóill, softly! a while, M. Ir. co fóill, slowly, for a while, E. Ir. co foill, slowly:
foileadh, slow development:
foill, treachery, O. Ir. foile, astutia. G. is for *volni-, Ir. for *foliâ, both side-forms to feall, treachery, q.v.
foillsich, reveal, O. Ir. foillsigim *svolnestikiô; see follus.
foinich, ask; see faighnich.
foinne, a wart, Ir. faine, faithne, W., Cor. gwenan, blister, Br. gwennhaenn, a wart; Eng. wen, Ag. S. wenn (Ern.).
foinneamh, foinidh, handsome, genteel; cf. next word, also Lat. vinnulus, delightful, root ven, as in G. fine, etc.
foinnich, temper, Ir. foinnim, temper, knead, foinnighte, tempered, kneaded. Cf above word.
foir-, prefix meaning "super", same as for-: see far, air(b).
fòir, help, Ir. fóir (vb. and n.), E. Ir. foriuth, I. help, O. Ir. don-fóir, to help us: *vo-ret-; root ret of ruith, run. For force, cf. furtachd. The W. gwared, release, Br. goret, are of like elecents. Similarly foirbheart (an Ir. word really), assistance, is from foir- and beir.
foirbhillidh, acceptable (M'D); from for and bail, good?
foirceadal, foircheadal, instruction, catechism, Ir. foircheadal, O. Ir. forcital, doctrina, vb. forchun, doceo: *for-can-; root can, say, sing. See can.
foireann, foirionn, a band, crew, Ir. fuirionn, E. Ir. fairenn, O. Ir. foirinn, O. W. querin, W. gwerin, people, M. Br. gueryn, *vorênâ, *vorinni-, multitude, root ver, enclose; Ag. S. vorn, multitude, caterva; Lit. worà, long row in Indian file; Skr. vrā/, troop, company. See fearann.
foirfe, perfect, Ir. foirfe, complete, old, O. Ir. foirbthe, pefectus, forbe, perfectio, vb. forbanar, perficitur, forfenar, consummatus: *for-ben-; root ven, va, go (Lat. venio, Gr. βαίνω, ἔβην, practically a verb "to be" (Stokes Neo-Celtic Verb. Subst.).
fòirin, assistance, E. Ir. inf.dat. foirithin; see fòir.
foirinn, border land (Cam.)
