fíal
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See also: fial
Old Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *weilos (“modest”), from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“rotate turn”). Cognate with Welsh gŵyl (“modest, generous, kind”).[1][2]
Adjective
[edit]fíal (equative félithir, comparative féliu)
Inflection
[edit]o/ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | fíal | fíal | fíal |
Vocative | féil* fíal** | ||
Accusative | fíal | féil | |
Genitive | féil | féile | féil |
Dative | fíal | féil | fíal |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | féil | fíala | |
Vocative | fíalu fíala† | ||
Accusative | fíalu fíala† | ||
Genitive | fíal | ||
Dative | fíalaib | ||
Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Latin vēlum (“curtain, veil”).
Noun
[edit]fíal n
Inflection
[edit]Neuter o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | fíalN | fíalN | fíalL, fíala |
Vocative | fíalN | fíalN | fíalL, fíala |
Accusative | fíalN | fíalN | fíalL, fíala |
Genitive | féilL | fíal | fíalN |
Dative | fíalL | fíalaib | fíalaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
fíal | ḟíal | fíal pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fíal "noble"”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 fíal "veil"”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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