fáil

See also: fail, Fail, fàil, and Fäil

Irish

Alternative forms

• fáilt (Munster)

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /fˠɑːlʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /fˠaːlʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fagbál. By surface analysis, faigh +‎ -áil.

Alternative forms

• fagháil (superseded)
• faghbháil (obsolete)

Noun

fáil f (genitive singular fála)

1. verbal noun of faigh
2. possession
3. receipt, attainment
4. goal, target
5. access
6. availability

Declension

Declension of fáil

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative fáil Vocative a fháil Genitive fála Dative fáil

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an fháil Genitive na fála Dative leis an bhfáil don fháil

Derived terms

• ar fáil
• le fáil

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fáil

1. vocative/genitive singular of fál

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fáil	fháil	bhfáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.