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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish fál, from a Proto-Celtic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, wind, roll”), see also Latin vallum (“wall”), Saterland Frisian Waal (“wall, rampart, mound”), Dutch wal (“wall, rampart, embankment”), German Wall (“rampart, mound, embankment”), Swedish vall (“mound, wall, bank”).
Noun
fàl m (genitive singular fàil, plural fàil)
- hedge
- dyke
- verge (of road)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| fàl |
fhàl
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “fàl”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN