fial

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• fiel

Etymology

From Latin fellem, accusative of fel. Compare French fiel, Italian fiele, Romanian fiere, Spanish hiel.

Noun

fial m

1. bile
2. bitterness

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fíal, from Proto-Celtic *wēlos (“modest”), from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“rotate turn”). Cognate with Welsh gŵyl (“modest, generous, kind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲiəlˠ/

Adjective

fial (genitive singular masculine féil, genitive singular feminine féile, plural fiala, comparative féile) (literary)

1. seemly
2. generous
3. bountiful

Declension

Declension of fial

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fial	fhial	fiala; fhiala²
Vocative	fhéil		fiala
Genitive		féile	fiala	fial
Dative	fial; fhial¹	fhial; fhéil (archaic)	fiala; fhiala²
Comparative	níos féile
Superlative	is féile

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• féile

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fial	fhial	bhfial
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fíal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fial”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 312
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fial”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fial”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fial”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• “fial”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

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North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian feld. Cognates include Mooring North Frisian fälj and West Frisian fjild.

Noun

fial n (plural fialen)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) field