faill

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fall, from Proto-Celtic *walsā.

Noun

faill f (genitive singular faille, nominative plural failleanna)

  1. (literary) negligence, omission
  2. unguarded state
  3. chance, opportunity
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 194:
      Rógaire do b’eadh an máta agus do bhí sé ag faire ar fhaill a fhagháil ar an gcaptaen.
      The mate was a rogue and he was looking for an opportunity to trick the captain.
  4. time, occasion
  5. cessation, easement
Declension
Declension of faill (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative faill failleanna
vocative a fhaill a fhailleanna
genitive faille failleanna
dative faill failleanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fhaill na failleanna
genitive na faille na bhfailleanna
dative leis an bhfaill
don fhaill 		leis na failleanna

Etymology 2

See aill.

Noun

faill f (genitive singular faille, nominative plural faillte)

  1. Alternative form of aill (“cliff, precipice”)
Declension
Declension of faill (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative faill faillte
vocative a fhaill a fhaillte
genitive faille faillte
dative faill faillte
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fhaill na faillte
genitive na faille na bhfaillte
dative leis an bhfaill
don fhaill 		leis na faillte

Mutation

Mutated forms of faill
radical lenition eclipsis
faill fhaill bhfaill

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 195, page 98

Further reading

Manx

Etymology 1

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Verb

faill (verbal noun failleil or fajeil)

  1. fail, fall short, decline

Etymology 2

From Old Irish fochell, the verbal noun of fo·cíallathar.

Verb

faill (verbal noun failley, past participle failt)

  1. hire, employ, engage

Noun

faill f (genitive singular faillee)

  1. wages

Mutation

Mutation of faill
radical lenition eclipsis
faill aill vaill

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

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