feòil

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See also: feoil, feóil, and féoil

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish féoil. Cognate with Irish feoil, Manx feill.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fjɔːl/

Noun

feòil f (genitive singular feòla)

flesh
meat

Declension

Declension of *feòil* (type IVa feminine noun)
indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	feòil	feòilean
genitive	feòla	fheòilean
dative	feòil	feòilean; feòilibh^✝

definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(an) fheòil	(na) feòilean
genitive	(na) feòla	(nam) feòilean
dative	(an) fheòil	(na) feòilean; feòilibh^✝
vocative	fheòil	fheòla; fheòilean

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Alternative genitive singular: feòladh (Uist, Barra)

Derived terms

ainfheòil (“proud flesh, corrupt flesh”)
buileann feòla (“meat loaf”)
circ-fheòil (“chicken (meat)”)
circe-fheòil (“chicken (meat)”)
daimh-fheòil (“beef”)
féidh-fheoil (“venison”)
feòil-caorach (“mutton”)
feòil-chaorach (“mutton”)
feòil-itheach (“carnivorous”, adjective)
feòil-itheadair m (“carnivore”)
feòil-laoigh (“veal”)
feòil-muice (“pork”)
feòil-uain (“lamb (meat)”)
feòlach m (“carnage, slaughter”)
feòladair m (“butcher, flesher”)
feòladaireachd f (“butchery”)
feòlan m (“proud flesh, excoriation”)
feòlmhach m (“flesh-meat”)
feòlmhor (“carnal, fleshy”, adjective)
feòlmhorachd f (“carnality, fleshiness”)
mairtfheòil (“beef”)
margadh na feòla m (“meat market”)
muicfheòil (“pork”)
muilt-fheòil (“mutton”)
seòmar-feòla m (“larder”)
sùgh feòla m (“gravy”)

Mutation

Mutation of *feòil*
radical	lenition
feòil	fheòil

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

Further reading

Edward Dwelly (1911) “feòil”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “feóil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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