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fíneáil

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle English fyn, fyne, from Old French fin, from Medieval Latin finis (a payment in settlement or tax) + -áil.

Noun

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fíneáil f (genitive singular fíneála, nominative plural fíneálacha)

  1. fine (payment for breaking the law)
    Synonym: cáin
  2. verbal noun of fíneáil

Declension

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Declension of fíneáil (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative fíneáil fíneálacha
vocative a fhíneáil a fhíneálacha
genitive fíneála fíneálacha
dative fíneáil fíneálacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fhíneáil na fíneálacha
genitive na fíneála na bhfíneálacha
dative leis an bhfíneáil
don fhíneáil
leis na fíneálacha

Verb

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fíneáil (present analytic fíneálann, future analytic fíneálfaidh, verbal noun fíneáil, past participle fíneáilte)

  1. to fine (issue a fine as punishment)

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of fíneáil
radical lenition eclipsis
fíneáil fhíneáil bhfíneáil

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

Further reading

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