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.