fóill
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish fóill (“fine, subtle, gentle”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
fóill (genitive singular masculine fóill, genitive singular feminine fóille, plural fóille, comparative fóille)
Declension edit
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 edit
- go fóill (“yet, still”, adverb)
Mutation edit
| 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 edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fóill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN