fuáil

See also: fuail

Irish

Alternative forms

• fuagháil (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish fúaigel, úaigel m (“sewing”), verbal noun of úaigid, úaigid (“to sew”). By surface analysis, fuaigh +‎ -áil.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fˠuːˈɑːlʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠuːɑːlʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠuːalʲ/, [ˈfˠɪalʲ]

Noun

fuáil f (genitive singular fuála)

1. verbal noun of fuaigh
2. stitching, sewing, needlework

Declension

Declension of fuáil (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative fuáil vocative a fhuáil genitive fuála dative fuáil forms with the definite article case singular nominative an fhuáil genitive na fuála dative leis an bhfuáil don fhuáil

Derived terms

• bean fuála f (“seamstress, needlewoman, sewing-woman”)
• bosca fuála m (“(sewing) work-box”)
• cailín fuála m (“sewing-maid”)
• ciseán fuála m (“work-basket”)
• fáisceán fuála m (“sewing-press”)
• fuáil chúil f (“back-stitching”)
• fuáil fhrancach f (“herringbone stitch”)
• fuáil innill f (“machining”)
• fuáil thar droim f (“back-stitching”)
• fuálaí m (“needlewoman, sewer”)
• inneall fuála m (“sewing-machine”)
• mála fuála m (“(sewing) work-bag”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of fuáil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fuáil	fhuáil	bhfuáil

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