feaill

Manx

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish féil (compare Irish féile, Scottish Gaelic fèill), from Latin vigilia (“wakefulness, watch”), from vigil (“awake”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be strong”).

Noun

feaill f (genitive singular feailley, plural feaillyn)

  1. (religion) holiday, festival

Derived terms

Mutation

Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
feailleaillveaill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “féil” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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