foighide

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f., patience, 3285, 3374, 3408, 6838 ; gs. 3309, -45, -78, -85, 4821 ; ds. 3295, 3398 ; etc. Al. foighidne, gs. 3417, 4479, -81, 5203, -41, -56. Cf. lé mífhoighidne, by impatience, 2179. [In IGT, p. 147, the forms are foighide, gs. -dean, ds. -din, and foighidin, gs. -dne, ds. -ain ; but scholastic verse also admits indeclinable foighide (cf. IGT. ex. 160). O. Ir. foditiu, gs. -ten. Compare the variants tarcaise, -sin, -sne.] Hence foighideach, patient, 4762.

Desiderius, otherwise called Sgáthán an Chrábhaidh. Author: Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire. Editor: Thomas F. O’Rahilly.