fial
Dalmatian
Alternative forms
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish fíal, from Proto-Celtic *wēlos (“modest”), from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“rotate turn”). Cognate with Welsh gŵyl (“modest, generous, kind”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʲiəlˠ/
Adjective
fial (genitive singular masculine féil, genitive singular feminine féile, plural fiala, comparative féile) (literary)
Declension
Declension of fial
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fial | fhial | fiala; fhiala² | |
Vocative | fhéil | fiala | ||
Genitive | féile | fiala | fial | |
Dative | fial; fhial¹ |
fhial; fhéil (archaic) |
fiala; fhiala² | |
Comparative | níos féile | |||
Superlative | is féile |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fial | fhial | bhfial |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Falileyev, Alexander, Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh, Walter de Gruyter, 2000, p. 68.
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 412
Further reading
- “1 fíal” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “fial” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 312.
- "fial" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “fial” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “fial” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- “fial” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
North Frisian
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