féthamail

Middle Irish

Etymology

From féith (“calm, stillness”) +‎ -amail

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸʲeːθəβ̃əlʲ/

Adjective

féthamail

1. calm, peaceful

Derived terms

• féthamla

Descendants

• Irish: féithiúil

Mutation

Mutation of féthamail

radical	lenition	nasalization
féthamail	ḟéthamail	féthamail pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “féthamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language