faiceall

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• faicill

Etymology

From Middle Irish foichell, from Old Irish fochell (“anticipating, preparing for”).

Noun

faiceall f or m

1. care, caution, discretion

Derived terms

• faiceallach
• mì-fhaiceallachd
• mì-fhaicill

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fochell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language