fuiling

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish fo·loing, from fo- + Proto-Celtic *lungo- (“put, place”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”).

Verb

fuiling (past dh'fhuiling, future fuilingidh, verbal noun fulang, past participle fuilingte)

  1. suffer, endure, undergo
  2. tolerate, stand, sustain
  3. permit, allow
  4. bear

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “fuiling”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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