fáilte
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish fáilte, from Proto-Celtic *wāletiyā, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.
Noun
fáilte f (genitive singular fáilte, nominative plural fáiltí)
Declension
Declension of fáilte
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- anfháilte
- céad míle fáilte
- cuir fáilte roimh (“welcome”)
- fáilte an Aingil (“Angelus”)
- fáilte Uí Cheallaigh (“a very hearty welcome (lit. O’Kelly’s welcome)”)
- fáilteach
- fáilteoir (“welcomer; receptionist”)
- fáiltigh (“be glad, rejoice; welcome”)
- fáiltiúil (“joyous, glad; welcoming”)
- fuarfháilte (“lukewarm welcome”)
- tá fáilte romhat/romhaibh
Related terms
- fáilteachas m (“welcoming, welcoming manner”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fáilte | fháilte | bhfáilte |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fáilte, faílte”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “fáilte”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 293
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fáilte”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “fáilte” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “fáilte” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- “fáilte”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 43
Middle Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfaːl͈ʲtʲə/
Noun
fáilte f
- welcome
- c. 1000, The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig, section 1, published in Irische Teste, vol. 1 (1880), edited by Ernst Windisch:
- Ro·ferad failte friu uile, ocus ructha chuci-sium isin mbruidin.
- They were all made welcome and brought to him in the hall.
- (literally, “A welcome was provided to them all…”)
- c. 1000, The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig, section 1, published in Irische Teste, vol. 1 (1880), edited by Ernst Windisch:
Mutation
| Middle Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| fáilte | ḟáilte | fáilte pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fáilte, faílte”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- faílte
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *wāletiyā. Equivalent to fáilid + -e.
Cognate with Old English wele, wela, willan (“to wish”), Latin volō (“to want”).(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfaːl͈ʲtʲe]
Noun
fáilte f
- joy, happiness
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 92a17
- Bed indbadigthi .i. bed chuintechti .i. cid fáilte ad·cot-sa ⁊ du·ngnéu, is túsu immid·folngi dam, a Dǽ; cid indeb dano ad·cot, is tú, Dǽ, immid·folngi dam.
- To be enriched, i.e. to be sought, i.e. though it is joy that I obtain and make, it is you who effects it for me, O God; so too, though it is wealth that I obtain, it is you, God, who effects it for me.
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 92a17
- salute
- welcome
Inflection
| Feminine iā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | fáilteL | fáiltiL | fáilti |
| Vocative | fáilteL | fáiltiL | fáilti |
| Accusative | fáiltiN | fáiltiL | fáilti |
| Genitive | fáilte | fáilteL | fáilteN |
| Dative | fáiltiL | fáiltib | fáiltib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| fáilte | ḟáilte | fáilte pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fáilte, faílte”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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