féil

See also: feil and Feil

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʲeːlʲ/

Adjective

féil

  1. inflection of fial:
    1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
    2. (archaic) dative singular feminine

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
féil fhéil bhféil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vigilia (wakefulness, watch), from vigil (awake), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (to be strong).

Noun

féil f (genitive féile, nominative plural féili)

  1. (Christianity) festival, feast day

Inflection

Feminine ī-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative féilL féilL féiliH
Vocative féilL féilL féiliH
Accusative féiliN féilL féiliH
Genitive féileH féileL féileN
Dative féiliL féilib féilib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • félire
    • Irish: féilire

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
féil ḟéil féil
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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