fóill

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fóill (“fine, subtle, gentle”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

fóill (genitive singular masculine fóill, genitive singular feminine fóille, plural fóille, comparative fóille)

  1. (literary) light, slight, subtle, tenuous
  2. (literary) easy, gentle, quiet, still

Declension

Declension of fóill
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative fóill fhóill fóille;
fhóille2
vocative fhóill fóille
genitive fóille fóille fóill
dative fóill;
fhóill1 		fhóill fóille;
fhóille2
Comparative níos fóille
Superlative is fóille

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of fóill
radical lenition eclipsis
fóill fhóill bhfóill

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968), The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 150, page 35
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 232

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “fóill”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 471; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fóill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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