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fial

See also: fíal

Dalmatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *felem m or f, from Latin fel n.

Noun

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fial m

  1. bile
  2. bitterness

Galician

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Etymology

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From fío (“thread”) ‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fial m (plural fiais)

  1. mountain range, sierra
    Synonyms: cordal, serra

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish fíal,[2] from Proto-Celtic *weilos (“modest”), from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“rotate turn”). Cognate with Welsh gŵyl (“modest, generous, kind”).[3][4]

Adjective

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fial (genitive singular masculine féil, genitive singular feminine féile, plural fiala, comparative féile) (literary)

  1. seemly
  2. generous
  3. bountiful
Declension
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Declension of fial
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative fial fhial fiala;
fhiala²
Vocative fhéil fiala
Genitive féile fiala fial
Dative fial;
fhial¹ 		fhial;
fhéil (archaic) 		fiala;
fhiala²
Comparative níos féile
Superlative is féile

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Old Irish fíal, from Latin vēlum.

Noun

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fial m (genitive singular féil, nominative plural fiala)

  1. veil
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Declension of fial

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fial féil
Vocative a fhéil a fhiala
Genitive féil fial
Dative fial féil

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fial na féil
Genitive an fhéil na bhfial
Dative leis an bhfial

don fhial

leis na féil

Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from English phial.

Noun

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fial m (genitive singular féil, nominative plural fiala)

  1. vial
Declension
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Declension of fial

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fial féil
Vocative a fhéil a fhiala
Genitive féil fial
Dative fial féil

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fial na féil
Genitive an fhéil na bhfial
Dative leis an bhfial

don fhial

leis na féil

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fial fhial bhfial
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 203, page 102
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fíal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Falileyev, Alexander (2000) Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 68
  4. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 412

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North Frisian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian feld. Cognates include West Frisian fjild.

Noun

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fial n (plural fialen)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) field

Swedish

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Etymology

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Of obscure origin. Related to Danish fiale, Middle High German vialen (early New High German figallen).

Noun

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fial c

  1. (architecture) a pinnacle

Declension

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Declension of fial
nominative genitive
singular indefinite fial fials
definite fialen fialens
plural indefinite fialer fialers
definite fialerna fialernas

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