filleadh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish filliud, verbal noun of fillid.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (noun): (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈfʲɪl̠ʲə/[2]

Noun

filleadh m (genitive singular as substantive fillidh, genitive as verbal noun fillte, nominative plural fillteacha)

  1. verbal noun of fill
  2. folding; bend, fold
    1. (geography) fold, folding
    2. (biology, geology, medicine) plication
  3. return
    1. (biology) reversion (to type)
    2. recoil (of action)
    3. (electricity) lapping
    4. (medicine, of symptoms) recurrence

Declension
As verbal noun
Declension of filleadh

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative filleadh
Vocative a fhilleadh
Genitive fillte
Dative filleadh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an filleadh
Genitive an fhillte
Dative leis an bhfilleadh

don fhilleadh

As substantive
Declension of filleadh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative filleadh fillteacha
Vocative a fhillidh a fhillteacha
Genitive fillidh fillteacha
Dative filleadh fillteacha

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an filleadh na fillteacha
Genitive an fhillidh na bhfillteacha
Dative leis an bhfilleadh

don fhilleadh

 leis na fillteacha

Verb

filleadh

  1. inflection of fill:
    1. past indicative autonomous
    2. past subjunctive analytic
    3. third-person singular imperative

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
filleadh fhilleadh bhfilleadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “filliud”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 111

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