fuáil

See also: fuail

Irish

Alternative forms

• fuagháil (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish fúaigel, úaigel m (“sewing, stitching; linking or joining together”), verbal noun of úaigid, úaigid (“stitches together, sews; unites, joins; binds”). By surface analysis, fuaigh +‎ -áil.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fˠuːˈɑːlʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠuːɑːlʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠuːalʲ/, [ˈfˠɪalʲ]

Noun

fuáil f (genitive singular fuála)

1. verbal noun of fuaigh
2. stitching, sewing, needlework

Declension

Declension of fuáil

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative fuáil Vocative a fhuáil Genitive fuála Dative fuáil

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an fhuáil Genitive na fuála Dative leis an bhfuáil don fhuáil

Derived terms

• bean fuála f (“seamstress, needlewoman, sewing-woman”)
• bosca fuála m (“(sewing) work-box”)
• cailín fuála m (“sewing-maid”)
• ciseán fuála m (“work-basket”)
• fáisceán fuála m (“sewing-press”)
• fuáil chúil f (“back-stitching”)
• fuáil fhrancach f (“herringbone stitch”)
• fuáil innill f (“machining”)
• fuáil thar droim f (“back-stitching”)
• fuálaí m (“needlewoman, sewer”)
• inneall fuála m (“sewing-machine”)
• mála fuála m (“(sewing) work-bag”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fuáil	fhuáil	bhfuáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuáil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fúaigél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “úaigél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language