faol

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish fáel, from Proto-Celtic *wailos, from Proto-Indo-European *waylos.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

faol m (genitive singular faoil, nominative plural faoil)

  1. (literary, archaic) wolf
    Synonyms: faolchú, mac tíre, madra alla, madra allta

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
faol fhaol bhfaol
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish fáel.

Noun[edit]

faol m (genitive singular faoil, plural faoil)

  1. wolf
    Synonym: madadh-allaidh

Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
faol fhaol
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Uzbek[edit]

Other scripts
Cyrillic фаол (faol)
Latin
Perso-Arabic

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Chagatai فعال, from Arabic فَعَّال (faʕʕāl).

Adjective[edit]

faol (comparative faolroq, superlative eng faol)

  1. active

Derived terms[edit]