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feil (definite accusative feili, plural feillər)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | feil | feillər |
definite accusative | feili | feilləri |
dative | feilə | feillərə |
locative | feildə | feillərdə |
ablative | feildən | feillərdən |
definite genitive | feilin | feillərin |
Borrowed from Middle French faille, from Old French faille, from Vulgar Latin *fallita, from Latin fallo (“I disappoint”).
feil f (plural feilen, diminutive feiltje n)
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From Middle High German veile, from Old High German feili (“for sale”), from Proto-West Germanic *failī. Possibly merged with a descendant of Proto-Germanic *falaz, but this is uncertain. Old High German fali is only attested once in a text that uses ai for ei, thus quite plausibly a mere scribal error (regarding also that short a should be umlauted to e).
Cognate with Dutch veil. From *falaz stems Old Norse falr (whence Norwegian Nynorsk fal, Swedish fal). The latter is related with Old Church Slavonic плѣнъ (plěnŭ, “booty”), Ancient Greek πωλέω (pōléō, “sell”).
feil (strong nominative masculine singular feiler, not comparable)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist feil | sie ist feil | es ist feil | sie sind feil | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | feiler | feile | feiles | feile |
genitive | feilen | feiler | feilen | feiler | |
dative | feilem | feiler | feilem | feilen | |
accusative | feilen | feile | feiles | feile | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der feile | die feile | das feile | die feilen |
genitive | des feilen | der feilen | des feilen | der feilen | |
dative | dem feilen | der feilen | dem feilen | den feilen | |
accusative | den feilen | die feile | das feile | die feilen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein feiler | eine feile | ein feiles | (keine) feilen |
genitive | eines feilen | einer feilen | eines feilen | (keiner) feilen | |
dative | einem feilen | einer feilen | einem feilen | (keinen) feilen | |
accusative | einen feilen | eine feile | ein feiles | (keine) feilen |
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
feil
Alteration of oil, alternative form of oir.
feil (present analytic feileann, future analytic feilfidh, verbal noun feiliúint, past participle feilte) (Connacht)
Objects are expressed by means of the preposition do:
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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feil | fheil | bhfeil |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Borrowed from Middle Low German feil, fēl, which is borrowed from Old French faille, which is derived from Latin fallō. Cognate with Danish fejl, Swedish fel, German Fehler and English fail. Adverb and adjective derived from the noun.
feil (indeclinable)
feil
feil m (definite singular feilen, indefinite plural feil, definite plural feila or feilene)
From Middle Low German , from French faille.
feil m (definite singular feilen, indefinite plural feil, definite plural feila)
feil (indeclinable)
feil
feil
feil
singular | |
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nominative | feil |
genitive | feila |
dative | feile |
accusative | feili |
vocative 1 | o feil! |
predicative 2 | feilu |
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only