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Irish
Pronunciation
Adjective
féil
- inflection of fial:
- vocative/genitive singular masculine
- (archaic) dative singular feminine
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| féil
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fhéil
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bhféil
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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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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)
- (Christianity) festival, feast day
Inflection
| Feminine ī-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| Nominative
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féilL
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féilL
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féiliH
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| Vocative
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féilL
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féilL
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féiliH
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| Accusative
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féiliN
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féilL
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féiliH
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| Genitive
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féileH
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féileL
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féileN
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| Dative
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féiliL
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féilib
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féilib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| féil
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ḟéil
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féil
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
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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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