fóill
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish fóill (“fine, subtle, gentle”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
fóill (genitive singular masculine fóill, genitive singular feminine fóille, plural fóille, comparative fóille)
Declension[edit]
Declension of fóill
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fóill | fhóill | fóille; fhóille² | |
| Vocative | fhóill | fóille | ||
| Genitive | fóille | fóille | fóill | |
| Dative | fóill; fhóill¹ |
fhóill | fóille; fhóille² | |
| Comparative | níos fóille | |||
| Superlative | is fóille | |||
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[edit]
- go fóill (“yet, still”, adverb)
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fóill | fhóill | bhfóill |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fóill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN