fiacail

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fíacail. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fiacaill and Manx feeackle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʲiəkəlʲ/

Noun

fiacail f (genitive singular fiacaile, nominative plural fiacla)

1. tooth

   Ní mhilleann dea-ghlór fiacail; níor bhris focal maith fiacail riamh. (proverb)

   A kind word is always welcome.

   (literally, “A good voice does not spoil a tooth; a good word never broke a tooth.”)

2. edge, verge

Declension

Declension of fiacail (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fiacail fiacla vocative a fhiacail a fhiacla genitive fiacaile fiacla dative fiacail fiacla forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fhiacail na fiacla genitive na fiacaile na bhfiacla dative leis an bhfiacail don fhiacail leis na fiacla

• Alternative genitive plural: fiacal

Synonyms

• déad

Derived terms

• fiacail diúil
• fiacail forais
• fiacla bréige
• fiaclóir
• púdar fiacla
• scagfhiaclach
• tinneas fiacaile
• tinneas fiacal

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of fiacail

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fiacail	fhiacail	bhfiacail

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) “fiacail”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• fiacaill, fiacal

Etymology

From Old Irish fíacail. Cognate with Irish fiacail and Manx feeackle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiəxkəl/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈfiəʰkɪʎ/ (corresponding to the form fiacaill)

Noun

fiacail f (genitive singular fiacla, plural fiaclan)

1. tooth

   Synonym: deud

2. cog (on a gear)
3. pin (of an electric plug)

Derived terms

• bruis-fhiaclan
• clàr-fhiacaill
• dà-fhiaclach
• fiacail fhuadain
• fiacaill-carbaid
• fiacaill-crìche
• fiacaill-cùil
• fiacaill-forais
• fiacaill-goibhre
• fiacaill-leòmhainn

 

Mutation

Mutation of fiacaill

radical	lenition
fiacaill	fhiacaill

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “fiacail”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fíacail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language