feòil

See also: feoil, feóil, and féoil

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish féoil. Cognate with Irish feoil, Manx feill.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fjɔːl/

Noun

feòil f (genitive singular feòla)

flesh
meat

Derived terms

ainfheòil (“proud flesh, corrupt flesh”)
buileann feòla (“meat loaf”)
circ-fheòil (“chicken (meat)”)
circe-fheòil (“chicken (meat)”)
daimh-fheòil (“beef”)
féidh-fheoil (“venison”)
feòil-caorach (“mutton”)
feòil-chaorach (“mutton”)
feòil-itheach (“carnivorous”, adjective)
feòil-itheadair m (“carnivore”)
feòil-laoigh (“veal”)
feòil-muice (“pork”)
feòil-uain (“lamb (meat)”)
feòlach m (“carnage, slaughter”)
feòladair m (“butcher, flesher”)
feòladaireachd f (“butchery”)
feòlan m (“proud flesh, excoriation”)
feòlmhach m (“flesh-meat”)
feòlmhor (“carnal, fleshy”, adjective)
feòlmhorachd f (“carnality, fleshiness”)
mairtfheòil (“beef”)
margadh na feòla m (“meat market”)
muicfheòil (“pork”)
muilt-fheòil (“mutton”)
seòmar-feòla m (“larder”)
sùgh feòla m (“gravy”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
feòil	fheòil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Edward Dwelly (1911) “feòil”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “feóil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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