fiacail

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish fíacail.[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fiacaill and Manx feeackle.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fiacail f (genitive singular fiacaile, nominative plural fiacla)

  1. tooth
    Ní mhilleann dea-ghlór fiacail; níor bhris focal maith fiacail riamh. (proverb)
    A kind word is always welcome.
    (literally, “A good voice does not spoil a tooth; a good word never broke a tooth.”)
  2. edge, verge

Declension

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  • Alternative genitive plural: fiacal

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fiacail fhiacail bhfiacail
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), “fíacail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 80, page 43
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 110
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 229, page 84

Further reading

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