fíacail

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʲiːa̯kilʲ/

Noun

fíacail m or f (genitive fíacla or fíaclu, nominative plural fíaclai)

  1. tooth
    • 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. 56d4
      “hua détnaig a fiaclae fri alailiu” glosses attritu dentium

Inflection

Unknown gender i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fíacail fíacailL fíaclaiH
Vocative fíacail fíacailL fíaclaiH
Accusative fíacailN fíacailL fíaclaiH
Genitive fíacloH, fíaclaH fíacloH, fíaclaH fíaclaeN
Dative fíacailL fíaclaib fíaclaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • clárḟíacail (incisor)
  • fíacail fostóigh (canine tooth)

Descendants

  • Irish: fiacail
  • Manx: feeackle
  • Scottish Gaelic: fiacaill

References

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