feall

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fell (deceit, treachery), from Proto-Celtic *welsos.

Noun

feall m (genitive singular fill, nominative plural feallanna)

  1. deceit, treachery, bad faith
  2. let-down, failure
Declension
Declension of feall (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative feall feallanna
vocative a fhill a fheallanna
genitive fill feallanna
dative feall feallanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an feall na feallanna
genitive an fhill na bhfeallanna
dative leis an bhfeall
don fheall
leis na feallanna

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish fellaid (act deceitfully), from Old Irish fell.

Verb

feall (present analytic feallann, future analytic feallfaidh, verbal noun fealladh, past participle feallta)

  1. (intransitive, with ar) prove false to, betray; fail; cheat
Conjugation
Synonyms
Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of feall
radical lenition eclipsis
feall fheall bhfeall

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 206, page 79
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fellaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

feall

  1. alternative form of feal

Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

feall n

  1. alternative form of fiell

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fell (deceit, treachery), from Proto-Celtic *welsos.

Noun

feall f

  1. treachery, conspiracy, trickery, deceit, falsehood, guile
  2. treason
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish fellaid (act deceitfully), from Old Irish fell.

Verb

feall (past dh'fheall, future feallaidh, verbal noun fealladh)

  1. deceive, betray, impose upon

Mutation

Mutation of feall
radical lenition
feall fheall

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fellaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “feall”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “feall”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN