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Feidis

Dialect
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A Scottish verb meaning feeds, referring to the act of giving food or providing sustenance, often used in a historical or regional context.

Detailed Definition
"Feidis in his hairt a mad desyre" – nourishing destructive passion. Vivid for internal emotional cultivation.
Example
Example in poetry:
In Mark Alexander Boyd's Sonet: "That feidis in his hairt a mad desyre" – 'feidis' meaning feeds or nourishes (the heart with desire); A poet might compose: "Ambition feidis the fire that drives the dreamer's quest" to employ 'feidis' for sustaining inner forces; Educational example: "The mind feidis on wisdom's fruit frae ancient trees" showing 'feidis' as metaphorical nourishment in didactic poetry; In satire: "Greed feidis upon the weak and leaves nae scrap" illustrating 'feidis' for destructive consumption; Hypothetical usage: "Kindness feidis the saul and blooms in every deed" to demonstrate positive sustenance in moral verse.
Additional Notes
Feidis is the third-person form of "feeds" in Scots, metaphorically nourishing emotions, ambitions, or vices; in the sonnet it depicts desire feeding the heart; poets benefit from its agricultural resonance for growth/decay imagery; educational insight: evokes farming life central to Scots culture; related to "teils" (tills) and "sawis" (sows), forming a suite of cultivation metaphors ideal for didactic or satirical poetry.
Also Known As
Feeds
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