feaill

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Manx

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish féil (compare Irish féile, Scottish Gaelic fèill), from Latin vigilia (wakefulness, watch), from vigil (awake), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (to be strong). Compare Irish féile and Scottish Gaelic fèill.

Pronunciation

Noun

feaill f (genitive singular feailley, plural feaillyn)

  1. (religion) holiday, festival

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of feaill
radical lenition eclipsis
feaill eaill veaill

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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