feiceáil

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From feic +‎ -áil. A relatively late formation that appears in the mid-18th century but does not supplant faicsin, faicsint (Classical Gaelic faigsin; compare the Munster form feiscint) in the literary language until the 20th century.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

feiceáil f (genitive singular feiceála)

  1. verbal noun of feic (“see”)
  2. visibility, discernment, sight
  3. look, appearance

Declension

Declension of feiceáil (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative feiceáil
vocative a fheiceáil
genitive feiceála
dative feiceáil
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an fheiceáil
genitive na feiceála
dative leis an bhfeiceáil
don fheiceáil

Derived terms

  • déanann feiceáil fírinne (“seeing is believing”)
  • feiceálach (“conspicuous, showy”, adjective)
  • feiceálacht f (“conspicuousness, showiness”)
  • gan fheiceáil (“unseen”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of feiceáil
radical lenition eclipsis
feiceáil fheiceáil bhfeiceáil

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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “feiceáil”, 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 108
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 82, page 34

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