fuáil

See also: fuail

Irish

Alternative forms

  • fuagháil (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish fúaigel, úaigel m (sewing, stitching; linking or joining together), verbal noun of úaigid, úaigid (stitches together, sews; unites, joins; binds). By surface analysis, fuaigh + -áil.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /fˠuːˈɑːlʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfˠuːɑːlʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠuːalʲ/, [ˈfˠɪalʲ][1]

Noun

fuáil f (genitive singular fuála)

  1. verbal noun of fuaigh
  2. stitching, sewing, needlework

Declension

Derived terms

  • bean fuála f (seamstress, needlewoman, sewing-woman)
  • bosca fuála m ((sewing) work-box)
  • cailín fuála m (sewing-maid)
  • ciseán fuála m (work-basket)
  • fáisceán fuála m (sewing-press)
  • fuáil chúil f (back-stitching)
  • fuáil fhrancach f (herringbone stitch)
  • fuáil innill f (machining)
  • fuáil thar droim f (back-stitching)
  • fuálaí m (needlewoman, sewer)
  • inneall fuála m (sewing-machine)
  • mála fuála m ((sewing) work-bag)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fuáil fhuáil bhfuáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 63

Further reading

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