fágáil

See also: fàgail

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /fˠɑːˈɡɑːlʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɑːɡɑːlʲ/[2]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠaːɡælʲ/[3], /ˈfˠaːɡæl̠ʲtʲ/ (corresponding to the form fágáilt)[4]

Noun

fágáil f (genitive singular fágála, nominative plural fágálacha)

  1. verbal noun of fág
  2. weakness, failing

Declension

Declension of fágáil (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fágáil fágálacha
vocative a fhágáil a fhágálacha
genitive fágála fágálacha
dative fágáil fágálacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fhágáil na fágálacha
genitive na fágála na bhfágálacha
dative leis an bhfágáil
don fhágáil 		leis na fágálacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of fágáil
radical lenition eclipsis
fágáil fhágáil bhfágáil

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

References

  1. ^ “fágáil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 103
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 16, page 9
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 392, page 130
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