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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish feis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??/
• pl. IPA^(key): /f???n?/

Noun

feis (plural feiseanna)

1. (Ireland) An Irish festival, usually including folk music, dancing, and sports.
2. (Ireland) An Irish gathering at which new laws were decreed, as well as folk music, dancing, and sports.

See also

• Fèis, the Scottish equivalent, and eisteddfod, the Welsh equivalent.

Anagrams

• EFIs, ISEF, fise, seif

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish feiss, fess, verbal noun of foïd (“to spend the night”), from Proto-Celtic *woseti, from Proto-Indo-European *h?wes- (“to reside”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f???/

Noun

feis f (genitive singular feise, nominative plural feiseanna)

1. (literary)
   1. act of sleeping, of passing the night
   2. accommodation, entertainment, for the night; bed and supper
2. (literary)
   1. sleeping together, sexual intercourse
   2. espousal, marriage
3. festival

   Synonym: féile

   1. Irish language festival (with competitions)
4. (literature) feast tale

Declension

Derived terms

• Ard-Fheis (“national convention”)

Mutation

References

• "feis" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “2 feis(s), fess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “feis” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “feis” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• fes, fiste

Verb

feis

1. simple past of fise

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish feiss, fess, verbal noun of foïd (“to spend the night”), from Proto-Celtic *woseti, from Proto-Indo-European *h?wes- (“to reside”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fe?/

Noun

feis f (genitive singular feise)

1. sex, intercourse

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with fèis (“a festival”).

Mutation

References

• “feis” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “2 feis(s), fess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

English

Noun

deis (plural deises)

1. Obsolete form of dais.

Anagrams

• -side, Desi, Dies, EIDs, Eids, IDEs, IEDs, Ides, SEID, Side, desi, dies, eids, ides, side, sied

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d???/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

deis f (genitive singular deise, nominative plural deiseanna)

1. right hand; right-hand side
2. suitable, convenient, position
3. opportunity
4. facility
5. means, apparatus
6. material advantage
7. proper condition

Declension

Etymology 2

Adjective

deis

1. inflection of deas (“right (opposite of left)”):
   1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
   2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

Mutation

References

• "deis" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Latin

Noun

de?s

1. dative plural of deus
2. ablative plural of deus

References

• deis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman deis, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (dískos). Doublet of disch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?i?s/, /d??s/, /d?s/, /?d?i??s/

Noun

deis

1. podium, dais
2. high table
3. (figuratively) An office or position and the authority it gives.

Alternative forms

• deise, deies, dais, daies, deyse, deyes, days, dayes, des, dees, dese, dece, desse
• doise, doyse (late)

Descendants

• English: dais
• Scots: deas, deece

References

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

Etymology 2

Noun

deis

1. Alternative form of dees (“die”)

Noun

deis

1. Alternative form of dees: plural of dee (“die”)

Portuguese

Verb

deis

1. second-person plural (vós) present subjunctive of dar
2. second-person plural (vós, sometimes used with vocês) negative imperative of dar

Scots

Verb

deis

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of dei

   Div ee ken whae deis it the end o'd?

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

deis

1. ready
2. eager, willing

Spanish

Verb

deis

1. Informal second-person plural (vosotros, vosotras) present subjunctive form of dar.
2. Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) negative imperative form of dar.