fiacail

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fíacail.[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fiacaill and Manx feeackle.

Pronunciation

Noun

fiacail f (genitive singular fiacaile, nominative plural fiacla)

  1. tooth
    Ní mhilleann dea-ghlór fiacail; níor bhris focal maith fiacail riamh. (proverb)
    A kind word is always welcome.
    (literally, “A good voice does not spoil a tooth; a good word never broke a tooth.”)
  2. edge, verge

Declension
Declension of fiacail

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fiacail fiacla
Vocative a fhiacail a fhiacla
Genitive fiacaile fiacla
Dative fiacail fiacla

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fhiacail na fiacla
Genitive na fiacaile na bhfiacla
Dative leis an bhfiacail

don fhiacail

 leis na fiacla
  • Alternative genitive plural: fiacal

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fiacail fhiacail bhfiacail
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fíacail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 43
  3. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 110
  4. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 84

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