fàl

See also: fal, Fal, FAL, fál, and fäl

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fál, from a Proto-Celtic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, wind, roll”), see also Latin vallum (“wall”), Saterland Frisian Waal (“wall, rampart, mound”), Dutch wal (“wall, rampart, embankment”), German Wall (“rampart, mound, embankment”), Swedish vall (“mound, wall, bank”).

Noun

fàl m (genitive singular fàil, plural fàil)

  1. hedge
  2. dyke
  3. verge (of road)

Mutation

Mutation of fàl
radical lenition
fàl fhàl

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

Further reading

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “fàl”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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