fáil

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See also: fail, Fail, fàil, and Fäil

Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Irish fagbál. By surface analysis, faigh +‎ -áil.

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

fáil f (genitive singular fála)

  1. verbal noun of faigh
  2. possession
  3. receipt, attainment
  4. goal, target
  5. access
  6. availability
Declension[edit]
Declension of fáil

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative fáil
Vocative a fháil
Genitive fála
Dative fáil

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an fháil
Genitive na fála
Dative leis an bhfáil

don fháil

Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

fáil

  1. vocative/genitive singular of fál

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fáil fháil bhfáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 104
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 74
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