fíal

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See also: fial

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *wēlos (“modest”), from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“rotate turn”). Cognate with Welsh gŵyl (“modest, generous, kind”).[1][2]

Adjective

fíal (equative félithir, comparative féliu)

  2. noble, becoming, generous
Inflection
o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative fíal fíal fíal
Vocative féil*
fíal**
Accusative fíal féil
Genitive féil féile féil
Dative fíal féil fíal
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative féil fíala
Vocative fíalu
fíala†
Accusative fíalu
fíala†
Genitive fíal
Dative fíalaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Derived terms
Descendants
  • Middle Irish: fíal

Etymology 2

From Latin vēlum (“curtain, veil”).

Noun

fíal n

  2. veil
Inflection
Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fíalN fíalN fíalL, fíala
Vocative fíalN fíalN fíalL, fíala
Accusative fíalN fíalN fíalL, fíala
Genitive féilL fíal fíalN
Dative fíalL fíalaib fíalaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
fíal ḟíal fíal
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Falileyev, Alexander, Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh, Walter de Gruyter, 2000, p. 68.
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 412

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