fiacail

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fíacail. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fiacaill and Manx feeackle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʲiəkəlʲ/

Noun

fiacail f (genitive singular fiacaile, nominative plural fiacla)

1. tooth

   Ní mhilleann dea-ghlór fiacail; níor bhris focal maith fiacail riamh. (proverb)

   A kind word is always welcome.

   (literally, “A good voice does not spoil a tooth; a good word never broke a tooth.”)

2. edge, verge

Declension

Declension of fiacail

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fiacail fiacla Vocative a fhiacail a fhiacla Genitive fiacaile fiacla Dative fiacail fiacla

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhiacail na fiacla Genitive na fiacaile na bhfiacla Dative leis an bhfiacail don fhiacail leis na fiacla

• Alternative genitive plural: fiacal

Synonyms

• déad

Derived terms

• fiacail diúil
• fiacail forais
• fiacla bréige
• fiaclóir
• púdar fiacla
• scagfhiaclach
• tinneas fiacaile
• tinneas fiacal

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fiacail	fhiacail	bhfiacail
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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