fáil

See also: fail, Fail, fàil, and Fäil

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fagbál. By surface analysis, faigh +‎ -áil.

Alternative forms

Noun

fáil f (genitive singular fála)

  1. verbal noun of faigh
  2. possession
  3. receipt, attainment
  4. goal, target
  5. access
  6. availability
Declension
Declension of fáil (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative fáil
vocative a fháil
genitive fála
dative fáil
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an fháil
genitive na fála
dative leis an bhfáil
don fháil
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fáil

  1. vocative/genitive singular of fál

Mutation

Mutated forms of fáil
radical lenition eclipsis
fáil fháil bhfáil

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 290, page 146
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 104
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 195, page 74
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