*faihaz^¹

Runic: ᚠᚨᛁᚺᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɸɑi̯.xɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

hostile, criminal

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *póyḱ-o-s an o-grade form of root *peyḱ- (‘hostile, angry; enemy, evil’). Cognate with Lithuanian pi̇̀ktas (‘angry’). Related to *faigijaz (‘fey, doomed to die’).

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	faihaz	faihō	faihą, -atō	faihai	faihôz	faihō
Acc.	faihanǭ	faihǭ	faihą, -atō	faihanz	faihōz	faihō
Gen.	faihas, -is	faihaizōz	faihas, -is	faihaizǫ̂	faihaizǫ̂	faihaizǫ̂
Dat.	faihammai	faihaizōi	faihammai	faihaimaz	faihaimaz	faihaimaz
Inst.	faihanō	faihaizō	faihanō	faihaimiz	faihaimiz	faihaimiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	faihô	faihǭ	faihô	faihaniz	faihōniz	faihōnō
Acc.	faihanų	faihōnų	faihô	faihanunz	faihōnunz	faihōnō
Gen.	faihiniz	faihōniz	faihiniz	faihanǫ̂	faihōnǫ̂	faihanǫ̂
Dat.	faihini	faihōni	faihini	faihammaz	faihōmaz	faihammaz
Inst.	faihinē	faihōnē	faihinē	faihammiz	faihōmiz	faihammiz

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Descendants

*faih (Proto-West Germanic)
- fāch (Old Frisian)
*faih (Proto-West Germanic)
- *fēh, *gifēh (Old Dutch)
  - vêe, gevêe (Middle Dutch)
*faih (Proto-West Germanic)
- fāh (Old English)
  - fo (Middle English)
    - foe (English)
*faih (Proto-West Germanic)
- gifēh (Old High German)
  - gevēch, gevē (Middle High German)

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