fáistine

Irish (Donegal)

noun
Definitions
  • (act of) prophesying; prophecy, soothsaying; divination

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Irish fáistine inherited from Old Irish fáithsine root from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (excited, possessed, raging, be excited, inspired).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*weh₂t-

Gloss

excited, possessed, raging, be excited, inspired

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