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

  1. bile
  2. bitterness

Galician

Etymology

From fío (thread) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

Noun

fial m (plural fiais)

  1. mountain range, sierra
    Synonyms: cordal, serra

References

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fíal,[2] from Proto-Celtic *weilos (modest), from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (rotate turn). Cognate with Welsh gŵyl (modest, generous, kind).[3][4]

Adjective

fial (genitive singular masculine féil, genitive singular feminine féile, plural fiala, comparative féile) (literary)

  1. seemly
  2. generous
  3. bountiful
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

Etymology 2

From Old Irish fíal, from Latin vēlum.

Noun

fial m (genitive singular féil, nominative plural fiala)

  1. veil
Declension
Declension of fial (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative fial féil
vocative a fhéil a fhiala
genitive féil fial
dative fial féil
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fial na féil
genitive an fhéil na bhfial
dative leis an bhfial
don fhial
leis na féil
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English phial.

Noun

fial m (genitive singular féil, nominative plural fiala)

  1. vial
Declension
Declension of fial (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative fial féil
vocative a fhéil a fhiala
genitive féil fial
dative fial féil
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fial na féil
genitive an fhéil na bhfial
dative leis an bhfial
don fhial
leis na féil

Mutation

Mutated forms of fial
radical lenition eclipsis
fial fhial bhfial

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 203, page 102
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fíal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Falileyev, Alexander (2000) Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 68
  4. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 412

Further reading

North Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Frisian feld. Cognates include West Frisian fjild.

Noun

fial n (plural fialen)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) field

Swedish

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Etymology

Of obscure origin. Related to Danish fiale, Middle High German vialen (early New High German figallen).

Noun

fial c

  1. (architecture) a pinnacle

Declension

See also

References