féile
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfʲeːlʲə/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish féil (“festival, feast day”) (compare Scottish Gaelic fèill), from Latin vigilia (“wakefulness, watch”), from vigil (“awake”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be strong”).
Noun
féile f (genitive singular féile, nominative plural féilte)
- (Christianity) feast, feast day
- festival
- Synonym: feis
- hospitality
Declension
Declension of féile
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- Féile Satairn
- Lá Fhéile Eoin
- Lá Fhéile Vailintín
- Oíche Fhéile Eoin
- tine Fhéile Eoin
Etymology 2
From Old Irish féile (“modesty, generosity”), from Proto-Celtic *wēliyā (“modesty”); synchronically analyzable as fial + -e. Cognate with Welsh gwyledd.
Declension
Declension of féile
Fourth declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| féile | fhéile | bhféile |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “féil” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76. ‘festival’
- “féle” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76. ‘modesty, generosity’
- “féil ‘vigil’” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 307.
- “féile ‘generosity’” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 308.
- "féile" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “féile” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “féile” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Old Irish
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *wēliyā (“modesty”); synchronically analyzable as fíal + -e. Cognate with Welsh gwyledd.
Declension
| Feminine iā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | féileL | — | — |
| Vocative | féileL | — | — |
| Accusative | féiliN | — | — |
| Genitive | féile | — | — |
| Dative | féiliL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| féile | ḟéile | féile 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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