fial
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See also: fíal
Dalmatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *felem m or f, from Latin fel n.
Noun
fial m
Galician
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
fial m (plural fiais)
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fial”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fial”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish fíal,[1] from Proto-Celtic *weilos (“modest”), from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“rotate turn”). Cognate with Welsh gŵyl (“modest, generous, kind”).[2][3]
Pronunciation
Adjective
fial (genitive singular masculine féil, genitive singular feminine féile, plural fiala, comparative féile) (literary)
Declension
Declension of fial
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fial | fhial | fiala; fhiala² | |
| Vocative | fhéil | fiala | ||
| Genitive | féile | fiala | fial | |
| Dative | fial; fhial¹ |
fhial; fhéil (archaic) |
fiala; fhiala² | |
| Comparative | níos féile | |||
| Superlative | is féile | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fial | fhial | bhfial |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fíal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Falileyev, Alexander (2000) Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 68
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 412
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 203, page 102
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fial”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 312
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fial”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fial”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “fial”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- “fial”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian feld. Cognates include Mooring North Frisian fälj and West Frisian fjild.
Noun
fial n (plural fialen)
Swedish
Etymology
Of obscure origin. Related to Danish fiale, Middle High German vialen (early New High German figallen).
Noun
fial c
- (architecture) a pinnacle
Declension
| Declension of fial | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | fial | fialen | fialer | fialerna |
| Genitive | fials | fialens | fialers | fialernas |