fál

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See also: fal, Fal, FAL, fàl, and fäl

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fˠɑːlˠ/
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Etymology

From Old Irish fál (fence, hedge, enclosure)

Noun

fál m (genitive singular fáil, nominative plural fálta)

  1. hedge (thicket of bushes planted in a row), fence (barrier)
  2. wall, barrier
  3. enclosure, field
Declension
Derived terms
  • fálach (fenced, fence-like; barrier-like, protective, adjective)
  • fálaigh (fence, enclose; lag; hedge, verb)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish fálaid (hedges, fences, verb), from fál (fence, hedge, enclosure, noun).

Verb

fál (present analytic fálann, future analytic fálfaidh, verbal noun fáladh, past participle fálta)

  1. Alternative form of fálaigh (fence, enclose; lag; hedge)
Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fál fhál bhfál
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References