fiacaill

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

fiacal

Etymology

From Old Irish fíacail. Cognate with Irish fiacail and Manx feeackle.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfiəxkɪʎ/

Noun

fiacaill f (genitive singular fiacla, plural fiaclan)

tooth
Synonym: deud
cog (on a gear)
pin (of an electric plug)

Derived terms

bruis-fhiaclan
clàr-fhiacaill
dà-fhiaclach
fiacail fhuadain
fiacaill-carbaid
fiacaill-crìche
fiacaill-cùil
fiacaill-forais
fiacaill-goibhre
fiacaill-leòmhainn

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
fiacaill	fhiacaill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Edward Dwelly (1911) “fiacaill”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fíacail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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