filleadh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish filliud, verbal noun of fillid.

Pronunciation

• (noun): (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲɪl̠ʲə/

Noun

filleadh m (genitive singular as substantive fillidh, genitive as verbal noun fillte, nominative plural fillteacha)

1. verbal noun of fill
2. folding; bend, fold
   1. (geography) fold, folding
   2. (biology, geology, medicine) plication
3. return
   1. (biology) reversion (to type)
   2. recoil (of action)
   3. (electricity) lapping
   4. (medicine, of symptoms) recurrence

Declension

As verbal noun

Declension of filleadh

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative filleadh Vocative a fhilleadh Genitive fillte Dative filleadh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an filleadh Genitive an fhillte Dative leis an bhfilleadh don fhilleadh

As substantive

Declension of filleadh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative filleadh fillteacha Vocative a fhillidh a fhillteacha Genitive fillidh fillteacha Dative filleadh fillteacha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an filleadh na fillteacha Genitive an fhillidh na bhfillteacha Dative leis an bhfilleadh don fhilleadh leis na fillteacha

Verb

filleadh

1. inflection of fill:
   1. past indicative autonomous
   2. past subjunctive analytic
   3. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
filleadh	fhilleadh	bhfilleadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “filleadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN