facal

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish focul, from Proto-Celtic *woxtlom, from Proto-Indo-European *wokʷtlom, from *wekʷ-.

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈfaʰkəl̪ˠ/, /ˈfãʰkəl̪ˠ/
• (Harris, Uist, Barra, Skye) IPA^(key): /ˈfaxkəl̪ˠ/
• (Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ̃hkəl̪ˠ/

Noun

facal m (genitive singular facail, plural faclan)

1. word
2. language
3. comment, phrase

Derived terms

• ceannfhacal (“headword”)
• dall air faclan (“dyslexic”)
• doille-fhaclan (“dyslexia”)
• dubh-fhacal (“riddle”)
• facal air an fhacal (“verbatim”)
• facal fillte (“compound”)
• facal-faire (“password”)
• facal-suaicheantais (“motto”)
• faclach (“verbose”)
• facladair (“lexicographer; word processor”)
• faclair (“dictionary; vocabulary”)
• faclaireachd (“lexicography”)
• faclaireil (“lexical”)
• frith-fhacal (“antonym”)
• mion-fhacal (“particle”)