fàileadh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• àileadh, fàile, àile

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaːləɣ/

Noun

fàileadh m (genitive singular fàilidh, plural fàilidhean)

1. smell, odor

Declension

Declension of fàileadh (type I masculine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	fàileadh	fàilidhean
genitive	fàilidh	fhàilidhean
dative	fàileadh	fàilidhean; fàilidhibh✝
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(am) fàileadh	(na) fàilidhean
genitive	(an) fhàilidh	(nam) fàilidhean
dative	(an) fhàileadh	(na) fàilidhean; fàilidhibh✝
vocative	fhàilidh	fhàilidhean

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

• fàileadh bodhaige (“body odor”)

Mutation

Mutation of fàileadh

radical	lenition
fàileadh	fhàileadh

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