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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