Fianna Fáil
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Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Irish Fianna Fáil. From Irish fianna, plural of fiann (“warrior”), and Fáil, genitive of Fál (a legendary name of Ireland); cf. Old Irish fál. The original meaning is thus “warriors of Fál”, but the phrase is traditionally translated as “soldiers of destiny”.
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Fianna Fáil
- A conservative Irish political party founded in the 1920s.
- 1985, “Delerium Tremens” (track 2), in Ordinary Man[1], performed by Christy Moore:
- I dreamt that Ruairi Quinn was smokin' marijuana in the Dail. Barry Desmond handing Frenchies out to scuts in Fianna Fail.
- 2020 February 13, “Ireland: Fianna Fáil rules out coalition with Sinn Féin”, in The Guardian[2], sourced from Reuters, →ISSN:
- Ireland’s largest party, Fianna Fáil, has said it will not consider going into government with Sinn Féin, a decision likely to prevent the leftwing nationalists from entering power for the first time.
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Etymology edit
From fianna (plural of fiann (“warrior”)) + Fáil (genitive of Fál (a legendary name of Ireland)). The original meaning is thus "warriors of Fál", but the phrase is traditionally translated "soldiers of destiny".
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Fianna Fáil m pl (genitive Fianna Fáil)
- Fianna Fáil (Irish political party)
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Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Fianna Fáil | Fhianna Fáil | bhFianna Fáil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |