fáil

See also: fail, Fail, fàil, and Fäil

Irish

Alternative forms

• fáilt (Munster)

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /fˠɑːlʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /fˠaːlʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fagbál. By surface analysis, faigh +‎ -áil.

Alternative forms

• fagháil (superseded)
• faghbháil (obsolete)

Noun

fáil f (genitive singular fála)

1. verbal noun of faigh
2. possession
3. receipt, attainment
4. goal, target
5. access
6. availability

Declension

Declension of fáil (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative fáil vocative a fháil genitive fála dative fáil forms with the definite article case singular nominative an fháil genitive na fála dative leis an bhfáil don fháil

Derived terms

• ar fáil
• le fáil

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fáil

1. vocative/genitive singular of fál

Mutation

Mutated forms of fáil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fáil	fháil	bhfáil

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