féile

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʲeːlʲə/^[1][2]

From Old Irish féil (“festival, feast day”)^[3] (compare Scottish Gaelic fèill), from Latin vigilia (“wakefulness, watch”), from vigil (“awake”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be strong”).

féile f (genitive singular féile, nominative plural féilte)

1. (Christianity) feast, feast day
2. festival

   Synonym: feis

3. hospitality

   Synonyms: aíocht, fáilte, flaithiúlacht

From Old Irish féile (“modesty, generosity”),^[4] from Proto-Celtic *weiliyā (“modesty”). By surface analysis, fial +‎ -e. Cognate with Welsh gwyledd.

féile f (genitive singular féile)

1. generosity, hospitality

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

féile

1. inflection of fial:
   1. feminine genitive singular
   2. comparative degree

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “féil ‘vigil’”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 307
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “féile ‘generosity’”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 308
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “féile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “féile”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “féile”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

• IPA^(key):

From Proto-Celtic *weiliyā (“modesty”), abstract noun from *weilos (“modest”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“turn”), which could be related to Latin vīlis (“cheap, abundant”).^[1] By surface analysis, fíal +‎ -e. Cognate with Welsh gwyledd.

féile f (genitive féili, no plural)

1. modesty, generosity

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

féile f

1. genitive singular of féil