feiste

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feiste

1. inflection of feist:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Probably from Middle English feste (“firm, fixed”).

feiste f (genitive singular feiste, nominative plural feistí)

1. arrangement, adjustment
2. fastening, mounting
3. device, installation
4. treatment

• feiste phléascach sheiftithe f (“improvised explosive device”)
• feisteán m (“outfit”)
• feistigh (“fix, fit”, verb)

• feisteas
• feistiúil

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feiste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “feiste”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language