fiacail
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish fíacail.[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fiacaill and Manx feeackle.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fiacail f (genitive singular fiacaile, nominative plural fiacla)
- 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.”)
- edge, verge
Declension edit
Declension of fiacail
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative genitive plural: fiacal
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fiacail | fhiacail | bhfiacail |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fíacail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 43
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 110
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 84
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiacail”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN