failm

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word failm. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word failm, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say failm in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word failm you have here. The definition of the word failm will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition offailm, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfalam/
  • Hyphenation: failm

Noun

failm f

  1. (nautical) helm; tiller

Declension

Declension of failm (class IIb feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative failm failmean
genitive failme fhailmean
dative failm failmean; failmibh
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) fhailm (na) failmean
genitive (na) failme (nam) failmean
dative (an) fhailm (na) failmean; failmibh
vocative fhailm fhailmean

obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of failm
radical lenition
failm fhailm

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

References

  • Colin Mark (2003) “failm”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 276