fál

See also: fal, Fal, FAL, fàl, and fäl

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fˠɑːl̪ˠ/, /fˠɑːlˠ/[1]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fál (fence, hedge, enclosure),[2] from a Proto-Celtic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *wel- (to turn, wind, roll), see also Latin vallum (wall), Saterland Frisian Waal (wall, rampart, mound), Dutch wal (wall, rampart, embankment), German Wall (rampart, mound, embankment), Swedish vall (mound, wall, bank).

Noun

fál m (genitive singular fáil, nominative plural fálta)

  1. hedge (thicket of bushes planted in a row), fence (barrier)
  2. wall, barrier
  3. enclosure, field
Declension
Derived terms
  • fálaigh (fence, enclose; lag; hedge, verb)
  • fálach (fenced, fence-like; barrier-like, protective, adjective)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish fálaid (to hedge, fence, verb),[3] from fál (fence, hedge, enclosure, noun).

Verb

fál (present analytic fálann, future analytic fálfaidh, verbal noun fáladh, past participle fálta)

  1. Alternative form of fálaigh (fence, enclose; lag; hedge)
Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fál fhál bhfál
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 104
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 fál”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fálaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fál”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “fál” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “fál” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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