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)

  1. (Christianity) feast, feast day
  2. festival
    Synonym: feis
  3. hospitality
    Synonyms: aíocht, fáilte, flaithiúlacht
Declension
Declension of féile

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative féile féilte
Vocative a fhéile a fhéilte
Genitive féile féilte
Dative féile féilte

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fhéile na féilte
Genitive na féile na bhféilte
Dative leis an bhféile

don fhéile

 leis na féilte
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish féile (“modesty, generosity”),[3] from Proto-Celtic *wēliyā (“modesty”). By surface analysis, fial +‎ -e. Cognate with Welsh gwyledd.

Noun

féile f (genitive singular féile)

  1. generosity, hospitality
Declension
Declension of féile

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative féile
Vocative a fhéile
Genitive féile
Dative féile

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an fhéile
Genitive na féile
Dative leis an bhféile

don fhéile

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

féile

  1. inflection of fial:
    1. feminine genitive singular
    2. comparative degree

Mutation
Irish mutation
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
  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 109
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “féil ‘festival’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. 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.

Noun

féile f (genitive féili, no plural)

  1. modesty, generosity
Declension
Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative féileL — —
Vocative féileL — —
Accusative féiliN — —
Genitive féile — —
Dative féiliL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

féile f

  1. genitive singular of féil

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
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
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “weliyo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 409-10
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