faoi

Etymology
A generalization of the third-person masculine singular inflected form, from, the third-person masculine singular inflected form of , from , from. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. During the Early Modern Irish period, this preposition began to take over the meaning of (modern ), which had variant forms  and lenited  that were probably conflated with. of.

Preposition

 * 1)  under
 * 2)  about, concerning
 * 3) around, about
 * 4) times, multiplied by
 * 1) times, multiplied by
 * 1) times, multiplied by
 * 1) times, multiplied by

Usage notes

 * The standard Irish and Connacht form faoi and the Munster form mean both  and . In Ulster, these two meanings are split: faoi means, while  means.

Derived terms
See also Category:Irish phrasal verbs formed with "faoi"