Fianna Fáil

English

Alternative forms

• Fianna Fail

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Irish Fianna Fáil. From Irish fianna, plural of fiann (“warrior”), and Fáil, genitive of Fál (a legendary name of Ireland); cf. Old Irish fál. The original meaning is thus “warriors of Fál”, but the phrase is traditionally translated as “soldiers of destiny”.

Pronunciation

• (anglicized) IPA^(key): /fiˌænə ˈfɔɪl/

Proper noun

Fianna Fáil

1. A conservative Irish political party founded in the 1920s.
   • 1985, “Delerium Tremens” (track 2), in Ordinary Man‎^[1], performed by Christy Moore:

     I dreamt that Ruairi Quinn was smokin' marijuana in the Dail. Barry Desmond handing Frenchies out to scuts in Fianna Fail.

   • 2020 February 13, “Ireland: Fianna Fáil rules out coalition with Sinn Féin”, in The Guardian‎^[2], sourced from Reuters, →ISSN:

     Ireland’s largest party, Fianna Fáil, has said it will not consider going into government with Sinn Féin, a decision likely to prevent the leftwing nationalists from entering power for the first time.

Related terms

• Fenian

Irish

Etymology

From fianna (plural of fiann (“warrior”)) +‎ Fáil (genitive of Fál (a legendary name of Ireland)). The original meaning is thus "warriors of Fál", but the phrase is traditionally translated "soldiers of destiny".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʲiən̪ˠə ˈfˠɑːlʲ/

Proper noun

Fianna Fáil m pl (genitive Fianna Fáil)

1. Fianna Fáil (Irish political party)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Fianna Fáil	Fhianna Fáil	bhFianna Fáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.