fuáil

See also: fuail

Irish

Alternative forms
  • fuagháil (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish fúaigél, úaigél m (“sewing, stitching; linking or joining together”), verbal noun of fúaigid, úaigid (“stitches together, sews; unites, joins; binds”); synchronically, fuaigh +‎ -áil.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfˠuːaːlʲ]

Noun

fuáil f (genitive singular fuála)

  1. verbal noun of fuaigh
  2. stitching, sewing, needlework

Declension
Declension of fuáil

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative fuáil
Vocative a fhuáil
Genitive fuála
Dative fuáil

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an fhuáil
Genitive na fuála
Dative leis an bhfuáil

don fhuáil

Derived terms
  • bean fuála f (“seamstress, needlewoman, sewing-woman”)
  • bosca fuála m (“(sewing) work-box”)
  • cailín fuála m (“sewing-maid”)
  • ciseán fuála m (“work-basket”)
  • fáisceán fuála m (“sewing-press”)
  • fuáil fhrancach f (“herringbone stitch”)
  • fuáil innill f (“machining”)
  • fuáil thar droim f, fuáil chúil f (“back-stitching”)
  • fuálaí m (“needlewoman, sewer”)
  • inneall fuála m (“sewing-machine”)
  • mála fuála m (“(sewing) work-bag”)

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

References
  • "fuáil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “fúaigél” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “úaigél” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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