fóill

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fóill (“fine, subtle, gentle”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /fˠoːl̠ʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /fˠɔːl̠ʲ/

Adjective

fóill (genitive singular masculine fóill, genitive singular feminine fóille, plural fóille, comparative fóille)

1. (literary) light, slight, subtle, tenuous
2. (literary) easy, gentle, quiet, still

Declension

Declension of fóill

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fóill	fhóill	fóille; fhóille²
Vocative	fhóill		fóille
Genitive		fóille	fóille	fóill
Dative	fóill; fhóill¹	fhóill	fóille; fhóille²
Comparative	níos fóille
Superlative	is fóille

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• go fóill (“yet, still”, adverb)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fóill	fhóill	bhfóill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fóill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN