fial

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Dalmatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *felem m or f, from Latin fel n.

Noun

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fial m

  1. bile
  2. bitterness

Galician

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Etymology

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From fío (“thread”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fial m (plural fiais)

  1. mountain range, sierra
    Synonyms: cordal, serra

References

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  • “fial” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “fial” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish fíal,[1] from Proto-Celtic *wēlos (“modest”), from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“rotate turn”). Cognate with Welsh gŵyl (“modest, generous, kind”).[2][3]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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fial (genitive singular masculine féil, genitive singular feminine féile, plural fiala, comparative féile) (literary)

  1. seemly
  2. generous
  3. bountiful

Declension

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Declension of fial
Singular Plural (m/f)
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

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Mutation

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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

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fíal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Falileyev, Alexander (2000) Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 68
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 412
  4. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 203, page 102

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North Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian feld. Cognates include Mooring North Frisian fälj and West Frisian fjild.

Noun

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fial n (plural fialen)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) field

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Etymology

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Of obscure origin. Related to Danish fiale, Middle High German vialen (early New High German figallen).

Noun

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fial c

  1. (architecture) a pinnacle

Declension

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Declension of fial 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fial fialen fialer fialerna
Genitive fials fialens fialers fialernas

See also

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References

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