féil

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See also: feil and Feil

Irish

Pronunciation

Adjective

féil

  1. inflection of fial:
    1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
    2. (archaic) dative singular feminine

Mutation

Mutated forms of féil
radical lenition eclipsis
féil fhéil bhféil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vigilia (“wakefulness, watch”), from vigil (“awake”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be strong”).

Noun

féil f (genitive féile, nominative plural féili)

  1. (Christianity) festival, feast day

Inflection

Feminine ī-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative féilL féilL féiliH
Vocative féilL féilL féiliH
Accusative féiliN féilL féiliH
Genitive féileH féileL féileN
Dative féiliL féilib féilib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • félire
    • Irish: féilire

Descendants

Mutation

Mutation of féil
radical lenition nasalization
féil ḟéil féil
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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