fada

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish fada (“long”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑːdə/
• Hyphenation: fa‧da

Noun

fada (plural fadas)

1. The acute accent as used in Irish orthography to mark a long vowel.
   • 1993, John Minahane, The Christian Druids: On the Filid or Philosopher-poets of Ireland, Dublin: Sanas Press (reprinted Dublin: Howth Free Press, 2008, →ISBN p. 35:

     When I read in the RIA Dictionary that the third person singular passive perfect of the verb fo-geib or fo-gaib “has been found”, has been found in the form frith, frioth, fo frith, foríth, and whole lot more including fríth with the fada, I find that friothfully froth-provoking.

   • 2006, Elizabeth Keane, An Irish Statesman and Revolutionary: The Nationalist and Internationalist Politics of Seán MacBride, London: I. B. Tauris, →ISBN p. vii:

     The Irish acute accent mark, or fada, is included on Irish proper names and words in the Irish language where required, for example Seán MacBride and Dáil Éireann, except when the fada is not used in a direct quote.

   • 2007, Holly Bennett, The Warrior’s Daughter, Custer, Washington: Orca Book Publishers, →ISBN, p. ix:

     And finally, I have omitted the fadas, or accents, from all Irish words, since they are no help to a North American reader.

   • 2008, Caroline Williams, “The Irish Playography: documenting the Irish Theatrical Repertoire”, in: Du document à l’utilisateur : Rôles et responsabilités des centres spécialisés dans les arts du spectacle, ed. M. Auclair, K. Davis, and S. François, Brussels: Peter Lang, →ISBN pp. 219-20:

     It’s very common in Irish to use a fada on a name, and we had to ensure that a name like Seán, for example should [be possible for] people [to] search [for] with or without the fada on “á”.

Anagrams

• ADFA

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin Fāta (“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum (“fate”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fa‧da

Noun

fada f (plural fades)

1. fairy

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin Fāta (“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum (“fate, destiny told by the gods”). Compare French fée, Italian fata, Occitan and Portuguese fada, Spanish hada.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.də/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.da/
• Rhymes: -aða
• Hyphenation: fa‧da

Noun

fada f (plural fades)

1. fairy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.da/

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Verb

fada

1. third-person singular past historic of fader

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin Fāta (“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum (“fate, destiny told by the gods”). Compare French fée, Italian fata, Portuguese and Occitan fada, Spanish hada.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fa‧da

Noun

fada f (plural fadas)

1. fairy
2. witch, sorceress

Etymology

From Old Irish fota, from Proto-Indo-European *wasdʰos (“long, wide”); compare Latin vastus (“wide”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɑd̪ˠə/
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠad̪ˠə/
• Hyphenation: fa‧da

Adjective

fada (comparative faide or foide)

1. long
2. far

Mutation

References

• "fada" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “fota, fata” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Etymology

From English father.

Noun

fada

1. father

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin Fāta (“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum (“fate, destiny told by the gods”). Compare Catalan fada, French fée, Italian fata, Portuguese fada, Spanish hada.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fa‧da

Noun

fada f (plural fadas)

1. fairy

Etymology

From Old Portuguese fada, from Vulgar Latin Fāta (“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum (“fate”).

Compare Galician fada, Spanish hada, Catalan fada, Occitan fada, French fée and Italian fata.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ðɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.da/, /ˈfa.dɐ/
• Hyphenation: fa‧da
• Rhymes: -ada

Noun

fada f (plural fadas)

1. fairy

Etymology

From Old Irish fota, from Proto-Indo-European *wasdʰos (“long, wide”); compare Latin vastus (“wide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fad̪̊ə], /fat̪ə/
• Hyphenation: fa‧da

Adjective

fada (comparative fhaide)

1. long
2. far

Adverb

fada

1. long
2. far
   • Bha agam ri feitheamh fada ro fhada.

     I had to wait far too long.

References

• “fota, fata” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.