fiacail

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fíacail.[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fiacaill and Manx feeackle.

Pronunciation

Noun

fiacail f (genitive singular fiacaile, nominative plural fiacla)

  1. tooth
    Ní mhilleann dea-ghlór fiacail; níor bhris focal maith fiacail riamh. (proverb)
    A kind word is always welcome.
    (literally, “A good voice does not spoil a tooth; a good word never broke a tooth.”)
  2. edge, verge

Declension

Declension of fiacail (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fiacail fiacla
vocative a fhiacail a fhiacla
genitive fiacaile fiacla
dative fiacail fiacla
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fhiacail na fiacla
genitive na fiacaile na bhfiacla
dative leis an bhfiacail
don fhiacail 		leis na fiacla
  • Alternative genitive plural: fiacal

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of fiacail
radical lenition eclipsis
fiacail fhiacail bhfiacail

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fíacail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 80, page 43
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 110
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 229, page 84

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish fíacail. Cognate with Irish fiacail and Manx feeackle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfiəxkəl/[1]
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈfiəʰkɪʎ/, [ˈfiəʰkə̯ɪʎ], [ˈfiəhkə̯ɪʎ][2] (corresponding to the form fiacaill)

Noun

fiacail f (genitive singular fiacla, plural fiaclan)

  1. tooth
    Synonym: deud
  2. cog (on a gear)
  3. pin (of an electric plug)

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of fiacaill
radical lenition
fiacaill fhiacaill

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “fiacail”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fíacail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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