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fuáil

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See also: fuail

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish fúaigel,[1] úaigel m (sewing),[2] verbal noun of úaigid, úaigid (to sew). By surface analysis, fuaigh +‎ -áil.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fuáil f (genitive singular fuála)

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

Declension

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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

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Mutation

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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.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fúaigél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úaigél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 116
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 168, page 63

Further reading

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