feòil

See also: feoil, feóil, and féoil

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish féoil. Cognate with Irish feoil, Manx feill.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fjɔːl/

Noun

feòil f (genitive singular feòla)

  1. flesh
  2. meat

Derived terms
  • ainfheòil (“proud flesh, corrupt flesh”)
  • buileann feòla (“meat loaf”)
  • circ-fheòil (“chicken (meat)”)
  • circe-fheòil (“chicken (meat)”)
  • daimh-fheòil (“beef”)
  • féidh-fheoil (“venison”)
  • feòil-caorach (“mutton”)
  • feòil-chaorach (“mutton”)
  • feòil-itheach (“carnivorous”, adjective)
  • feòil-itheadair m (“carnivore”)
  • feòil-laoigh (“veal”)
  • feòil-muice (“pork”)
  • feòil-uain (“lamb (meat)”)
  • feòlach m (“carnage, slaughter”)
  • feòladair m (“butcher, flesher”)
  • feòladaireachd f (“butchery”)
  • feòlan m (“proud flesh, excoriation”)
  • feòlmhach m (“flesh-meat”)
  • feòlmhor (“carnal, fleshy”, adjective)
  • feòlmhorachd f (“carnality, fleshiness”)
  • mairtfheòil (“beef”)
  • margadh na feòla m (“meat market”)
  • muicfheòil (“pork”)
  • muilt-fheòil (“mutton”)
  • seòmar-feòla m (“larder”)
  • sùgh feòla m (“gravy”)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
feòilfheòil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “feòil”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “feóil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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