fóill
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish fóill (“fine, subtle, gentle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fóill (genitive singular masculine fóill, genitive singular feminine fóille, plural fóille, comparative fóille)
Declension
[edit]Declension of fóill
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fóill | fhóill | fóille; fhóille² | |
Vocative | fhóill | fóille | ||
Genitive | fóille | fóille | fóill | |
Dative | fóill; fhóill¹ |
fhóill | fóille; fhóille² | |
Comparative | níos fóille | |||
Superlative | is fóille |
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
[edit]- go fóill (“yet, still”, adverb)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fóill | fhóill | bhfóill |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fóill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN