n f. (<Lat. vagina
RC xii 465
) faigean (f.); g
s.,
n
p.
faigne,
IGT, Decl. § 54
. A sheath, scabbard: faighin
(gl. vagina)
Ir. Gl. 157
.
faighin a uaigina .i. on trúaill,
Corm. Y 625
.
fogen .i. a uagina .i. fo gen,
O'Mulc. 559
.
faighin dúalach agá díon (of a dagger),
Studies 1926, 605
.
mo mhionn sgine ... go bhfaidhinn dlúiththilte a ttéid,
1923, 599
.
airget ar a faignib,
Laws ii 146.17
.
Cf.
conghmhaid failghe chumhdaigh cloch | urdail na
faighne a bhfolach,
Ó Héodhusa p. 4
.
Fig. of
honeycomb (?):
imdha a dairghe arda an fhedha |
balga a faidhne mela ag maidhm,
Irish Texts ii 71 § 24
.