fíal
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See also: fial
Old Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *wēlos (“modest”), from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“rotate turn”). Cognate with Welsh gŵyl (“modest, generous, kind”).[1][2]
Adjective[edit]
fíal (equative félithir, comparative féliu)
Inflection[edit]
o/ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | fíal | fíal | fíal |
Vocative | féil* fíal** | ||
Accusative | fíal | féil | |
Genitive | féil | féile | féil |
Dative | fíal | féil | fíal |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | féil | fíala | |
Vocative | fíalu fíala† | ||
Accusative | fíalu fíala† | ||
Genitive | fíal | ||
Dative | fíalaib | ||
Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Latin vēlum (“curtain, veil”).
Noun[edit]
fíal n
Inflection[edit]
Neuter o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | fíalN | fíalN | fíalL, fíala |
Vocative | fíalN | fíalN | fíalL, fíala |
Accusative | fíalN | fíalN | fíalL, fíala |
Genitive | féilL | fíal | fíalN |
Dative | fíalL | fíalaib | fíalaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
fíal | ḟíal | fíal pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fíal "noble"”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 fíal "veil"”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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