fàg

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See also: fag, fág, and -fag

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish ·fácaib, prototonic form of fo·ácaib, from *fo-ad-gaib-, from Proto-Celtic *gabyeti (take, hold), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (to take); compare Welsh gafael (hold), Latin habeō (have).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fàg (past dh'fhàg, future fàgaidh, verbal noun fàgail, past participle fàgte)

  1. leave, quit, abandon, desert
  2. leave, make, cause
    Dh'fhàg an t-òran brònach mi.The song made/left me sad.

Conjugation

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