féil
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʲeːlʲ/
Adjective
féil
- inflection of fial:
- vocative/genitive singular masculine
- (archaic) dative singular feminine
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| féil | fhéil | bhféil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Old Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vigilia (“wakefulness, watch”), from vigil (“awake”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be strong”).
Inflection
| Feminine ī-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | féilL | féilL | féiliH |
| Vocative | féilL | féilL | féiliH |
| Accusative | féiliN | féilL | féiliH |
| Genitive | féileH | féileL | féileN |
| Dative | féiliL | féilib | féilib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| féil | ḟéil | féil pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 féil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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