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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish fáel, from Proto-Celtic *wailos, from Proto-Indo-European *waylos.
Pronunciation
Noun
faol m (genitive singular faoil, nominative plural faoil)
- (literary, archaic) wolf
- Synonyms: faolchú, mac tíre, madra alla, madra allta
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| faol
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fhaol
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bhfaol
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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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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish fáel.
Noun
faol m (genitive singular faoil, plural faoil)
- wolf
- Synonym: madadh-allaidh
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| faol |
fhaol
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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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Uzbek
Etymology
Inherited from Chagatai فعال, from Arabic فَعَّال (faʕʕāl).
Adjective
faol (comparative faolroq, superlative eng faol)
- active
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