foighnich

I.

faighnich, foighnich

ask: *vo-gen-, root gen, know, as in aithne. Cf. Early Irish imma foacht, asked. Windisch refers to iar-faigim, iarfacht, I asked, = iarmifoacht, root ag, say. iarmi-fo-siag (St. R.C.$$+19 177).

II.

ask; See faighnich. Also, more Dialectic, foinich.