féile
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfʲeːlʲə/[1]
Etymology 1
From Old Irish féil (“festival, feast day”)[2] (compare Scottish Gaelic fèill), from Latin vigilia (“wakefulness, watch”), from vigil (“awake”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be strong”).
Noun
féile f (genitive singular féile, nominative plural féilte)
- (Christianity) feast, feast day
- festival
- Synonym: feis
- hospitality
- Synonyms: aíocht, fáilte, flaithiúlacht
Declension
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- Féile Satairn
- lá féile/Lá Fhéile
- Oíche Fhéile Eoin
- tine Fhéile Eoin (“Saint John's Eve bonfire”)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish féile (“modesty, generosity”),[3] from Proto-Celtic *wēliyā (“modesty”). By surface analysis, fial + -e. Cognate with Welsh gwyledd.
Declension
Fourth declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
féile | fhéile | bhféile |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 109
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “féil ‘festival’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “féle ‘modesty, generosity’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “féil ‘vigil’”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 307
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “féile ‘generosity’”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 308
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “féile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “féile” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “féile” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Old Irish
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *wēliyā (“modesty”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“turn”), *wāg- (“to be bent”), which could be related to Latin vagus (“wandering, strolling”).[1] By surface analysis, fíal + -e. Cognate with Welsh gwyledd.
Declension
Feminine iā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | féileL | — | — |
Vocative | féileL | — | — |
Accusative | féiliN | — | — |
Genitive | féile | — | — |
Dative | féiliL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
féile | ḟéile | féile pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “weliyo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 409-10