fàl
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish fál, from a Proto-Celtic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, wind, roll”), see also Latin vallum (“wall”), Saterland Frisian Waal (“wall, rampart, mound”), Dutch wal (“wall, rampart, embankment”), German Wall (“rampart, mound, embankment”), Swedish vall (“mound, wall, bank”).
Noun
editfàl m (genitive singular fàil, plural fàil)
Mutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
fàl | fhàl |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “fàl”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN