See also: failte and fàilte

Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish fáilte, from Old Irish fáilte,[1] from Proto-Celtic *wāletiyā, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fáilte f (genitive singular fáilte, nominative plural fáiltí)

  1. A welcome (with roimh plus the person being welcomed)
    Bhí fáilte is fiche aige romham.
    He had a great welcome for me (lit. ‘He had 21 welcomes before me’)
    D’fhear sí fáilte romhainn.
    She welcomed us (lit. ‘She provided a welcome before us’)
  2. (archaic) delight, joy

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Interjection edit

fáilte

  1. Welcome!

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fáilte fháilte bhfáilte
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fáilte, faílte”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 80, page 43
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 105

Further reading edit

Middle Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish fáilte, from Proto-Celtic *wāletiyā.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fáilte f

  1. welcome
    • c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:
      Ro·ferad failte friu uile, ocus ructha chuci-sium isin mbruidin.
      They were all made welcome and brought to him in the hall.
      (literally, “A welcome was provided to them all…”)

Descendants edit

  • Irish: fáilte
  • Manx: failt
  • Scottish Gaelic: fàilte

Mutation edit

Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
fáilte ḟáilte fáilte
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

Old Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *wāletiyā. By surface analysis, fáilid +‎ -e.

Cognate with Old English wele, wela, willan (to wish), Latin volō (to want).(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fáilte f

  1. joy, happiness
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 92a17
      Bed indbadigthi .i. bed chuintechti .i. cid fáilte ad·cot-sa ⁊ du·ngnéu, is túsu immid·folngi dam, a Dǽ; cid indeb dano ad·cot, is tú, Dǽ, immid·folngi dam.
      To be enriched, i.e. to be sought, i.e. though it is joy that I obtain and make, it is you who effects it for me, O God; so too, though it is wealth that I obtain, it is you, God, who effects it for me.
  2. salute
  3. welcome

Inflection edit

Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fáilteL fáiltiL fáilti
Vocative fáilteL fáiltiL fáilti
Accusative fáiltiN fáiltiL fáilti
Genitive fáilte fáilteL fáilteN
Dative fáiltiL fáiltib fáiltib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants edit

Adjective edit

fáilte

  1. inflection of fáilid:
    1. feminine genitive singular
    2. all genders genitive plural

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
fáilte ḟáilte fáilte
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit