n iā, f. Does not occur in Glosses. The
form with -d- is common in LL, beside faith- and faig-.
It may well be the earlier form. A green or lawn in front of a
fort or residence or church; an open space in or before a city; public square, courtyard
(
Celtica xviii 89
); a green meadow, or playingfield; sometimes referred to as a place for cattle: fait[h]che .i. feth-chaí .i. conair iarna
fethughadh .i. iarna reidhiughudh (i.e. a levelled space).
Corm. Y 628
.
a platea .i. on faithche
,
1073
. fail ann faithchi
cach doruis a green before each gate
SR 373
. Defined in
Laws:
issí in faithchi techta ... ni ro saig guth cluicc no
gairm cailig cercc,
Laws
iv 194.2
. frithe faiche a waif of [i.e.
found on] a green
v 320.8
, with gl:
.i. dogabur isin faithce
.i. isna ceithri gortaib is neasum don baile,
322.9
.
is eadh is faithi ann: na ceithri guirt is nesa don baile .i. gort gacha hairde ime ┐ cidh in sliabh is nesa don bhaile rob amail faithe amach,
O'Curry 1793
(
23 Q 6 41a
).
faichti
blaithe,
MacCarthy 40z
(=
brugi bláthi,
SR 477
). faithchi
lána ... cuile fása greens swarming [with beggars ?] ... empty
larders (?)
ZCP viii 196.15
(signs of a decadent period).
oircc peata bis a lis no a faitche lingeas eirlim a ngort faithche
`which is kept in an enclosure or in a green, which makes
airlim- trespasses into the garden of the green'
Laws iv 108.10
.
do loddur ... asind gurt tarsa ceim isind faichti,
Mon. Tall. § 7
.
im nemdenam na himi bis itir na gurta arba ┐
na faithchi feoir,
Laws i 216.15 Comm.
bit lir ... fér for
faichthi,
BDD 89
.
tucait a murthréta caírech d'aicthib ┐
d'urlannaib ┐ redib,
TBC-LL¹ 68
(do faithchibh v.l. Windisch
observes that aicthib may belong to ached).
mētithir
... óen na prīmbili bís for faidchi prīmdúni,
1816
. dūn
rīg cona faiche ... faiche briugad, faiche fili (places where
fighting is forbidden),
Laws v 302 x
,
z 0
.
hi faichthi na
bruidni,
BDD 56
.
ro marbtha ... sethnón na faidchi,
LL
261a2
=
IT i 76.9
.
hi faithci uasalnemid,
Laws i 92.1
.
ceall gen faithche
,
iv 6.9
.
for faidchi na hEmna,
LL 260b41
=
IT i 75.17
.
forsin faichthi ina Temrach,
RC xxiv 190
.
triallsat troscud ... for faithche Cruachna Connacht,
Metr. Dinds. iii 446.80
(of guarantors enforcing a claim; see
ZCP xv 265
). faidche in dunaid [where dúnad is used
loosely, corresp. to
tech,
TBC-LL¹
996
,
dún,
964
]
TBC-LL¹ 1017
.
tarmlaing
... assin charput for ind ḟaichthe. amlaid boí faichthi in
dunaid ┐ corthi furri ...,
1228
.
tarblaingset in slúag for inn
faidchi,
LL 265b26
(
MU² 506
). suidset ... for inn achthi ib.
LL
27
(
MU² 507
). uas faigthi in baile (marg. gl. on: as bla
brune)
LL 206a39
(=
Metr. Dinds. iv 368
).
luidh P. ... co
dun Nais, ata lathrach pupla P. i fhaighthi fria sligid anair,
Lism. L. 397
.
ar faithci a dúnadh,
ZCP vi 280.32
.
géill ...
| dá bhfógra ar faithche a dhúna,
TD 10.42
.
hi ḟaichthi
Chorccaige,
LB 215a24
(
MacCongl. 31
).
go Cill Mhaighneann
┐ go faithche Átha Cliath,
Ériu i 83.21
.
ed risan imred
oencluchi do fidchill for fagthi Maigi Adar,
Cog. 66.6
.
rochidis ... faicheda fondglasa na Tebi,
TTebe 2733
.
rochrithnaigsedar faichtega (faithcedha v.l.) ┐ tulcha na
Teibi,
3500
. isinn faithche os in cathraig (= in pavimento
... civitatis)
Todd Nenn. 66.2
(aithche, aidhchi v.l.). In
phrases: is crích bidbad so ┐ ni faidchi airurais a green for
play
TBC-LL¹ 1240
.
as faighthe namhad,
ZCP x 283.26
.
Gen. as attrib.: feidhneóir fíoruallach
faithche
trooper
of the lawn (used of a braggart; equivalent to carpet-knight ?)
TSh. 1720
.