fial

See also: fíal

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *felem m or f, from Latin fel n.

Noun

fial m

  1. bile
  2. bitterness

Galician

Etymology

From fío (“thread”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fiˈal]

Noun

fial m (plural fiais)

  1. mountain range, sierra
    Synonyms: cordal, serra

References

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʲiəl̪ˠ/[1], /fʲiəlˠ/

Etymology 1

    From Old Irish fíal,[2] from Proto-Celtic *weilos (“modest”), from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“rotate turn”). Cognate with Welsh gŵyl (“modest, generous, kind”).[3][4]

    Adjective

    fial (genitive singular masculine féil, genitive singular feminine féile, plural fiala, comparative féile) (literary)

    1. seemly
    2. generous
    3. bountiful
    Declension
    Declension of fial
    Positive singular plural
    masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
    nominative fial fhial fiala;
    fhiala2
    vocative fhéil fiala
    genitive féile fiala fial
    dative fial;
    fhial1     		fhial;
    fhéil (archaic)     		fiala;
    fhiala2
    Comparative níos féile
    Superlative is féile

    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

    Etymology 2

      From Old Irish fíal, from Latin vēlum.

      Noun

      fial m (genitive singular féil, nominative plural fiala)

      1. veil
      Declension
      Declension of fial (first declension)
      bare forms
      singular plural
      nominative fial fiala
      vocative a fhéil a fhiala
      genitive féil fial
      dative fial fiala
      forms with the definite article
      singular plural
      nominative an fial na fiala
      genitive an fhéil na bhfial
      dative leis an bhfial
      don fhial       		leis na fiala
      Derived terms
      • fialaigh (“veil, cover”, verb)
      • fialsíoda (“tulle”)

      Etymology 3

        From English phial.

        Noun

        fial m (genitive singular féil, nominative plural fiala)

        1. vial
        Declension
        Declension of fial (first declension)
        bare forms
        singular plural
        nominative fial fiala
        vocative a fhéil a fhiala
        genitive féil fial
        dative fial fiala
        forms with the definite article
        singular plural
        nominative an fial na fiala
        genitive an fhéil na bhfial
        dative leis an bhfial
        don fhial         		leis na fiala

        Mutation

        Mutated forms of fial
        radical lenition eclipsis
        fial fhial bhfial

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

        References

        1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 203, page 102
        2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fíal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
        3. ^ Falileyev, Alexander (2000), Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 68
        4. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 412

        Further reading

        • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “fial”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 312
        • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fial”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
        • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “fial”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
        • “fial”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
        • “fial”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

        North Frisian

        Alternative forms

        Etymology

        From Old Frisian feld. Cognates include West Frisian fjild.

        Noun

        fial n (plural fialen)

        1. (Föhr-Amrum) field

        Swedish

        Etymology

        Of obscure origin. Related to Danish fiale, Middle High German vialen (early New High German figallen).

        Noun

        fial c

        1. (architecture) a pinnacle

        Declension

        Declension of fial
        nominative genitive
        singular indefinite fial fials
        definite fialen fialens
        plural indefinite fialer fialers
        definite fialerna fialernas

        See also

        References

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