fíal

See also: fial

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɸʲiːa̯l]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *weilos (“modest”), from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“rotate turn”). Cognate with Welsh gŵyl (“modest, generous, kind”).[1][2]

Adjective

fíal (equative félithir, comparative féliu)

  2. noble, becoming, generous
Inflection
o/ā-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fíal fíal fíal
vocative féil*
fíal**
accusative fíal féil
genitive féil féile féil
dative fíal féil fíal
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative féil fíala
vocative fíalu
fíala†
accusative fíalu
fíala†
genitive fíal
dative fíalaib

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Derived terms
Descendants
  • Middle Irish: fíal
    • Irish: fial
    • Scottish Gaelic: fial
    • Manx: feoilt

Etymology 2

From Latin vēlum (“curtain, veil”).

Noun

fíal n

  2. veil
Inflection
Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative fíalN fíalN fíalL, fíala
vocative fíalN fíalN fíalL, fíala
accusative fíalN fíalN fíalL, fíala
genitive féilL fíal fíalN
dative fíalL fíalaib fíalaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Descendants

Mutation

Mutation of fíal
radical lenition nasalization
fíal ḟíal fíal
pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Falileyev, Alexander, Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh, Walter de Gruyter, 2000, p. 68.
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 412

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