feiceáil

Irish

Alternative forms

• feiscint (Munster, Aran)
• facsaint, faicsin, faicsint, feiceáilt, feiceál, feicsin, feicsint, feiscin (nonstandard)
• faigsin, feisgint (superseded)

Etymology

From feic +‎ -áil. A relatively late formation that appears in the mid-18th century but does not supplant faicsin, faicsint (compare the Munster form feiscint) in the literary language until the 20th century.

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲɛcɑːlʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲɛcalʲ/

Noun

feiceáil f (genitive singular feiceála)

1. verbal noun of feic (“see”)
2. visibility, discernment, sight
3. look, appearance

Declension

Declension of feiceáil (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative feiceáil vocative a fheiceáil genitive feiceála dative feiceáil forms with the definite article case singular nominative an fheiceáil genitive na feiceála dative leis an bhfeiceáil don fheiceáil

Derived terms

• déanann feiceáil fírinne (“seeing is believing”)
• feiceálach (“conspicuous, showy”, adjective)
• feiceálacht f (“conspicuousness, showiness”)
• gan fheiceáil (“unseen”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of feiceáil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
feiceáil	fheiceáil	bhfeiceáil

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feiceáil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “feiceáil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “feiceáil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024