fuáil

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See also: fuail

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish fúaigel,[1] úaigel m (“sewing”),[2] verbal noun of úaigid, úaigid (“to sew”). By surface analysis, fuaigh +‎ -áil.

Pronunciation

Noun

fuáil f (genitive singular fuála)

  1. verbal noun of fuaigh
  2. stitching, sewing, needlework

Declension

Declension of fuáil (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative fuáil
vocative a fhuáil
genitive fuála
dative fuáil
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an fhuáil
genitive na fuála
dative leis an bhfuáil
don fhuáil

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of fuáil
radical lenition eclipsis
fuáil fhuáil bhfuáil

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fúaigél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úaigél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 116
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 168, page 63

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