feaill

Manx

Alternative forms

feailley

Etymology

From Old Irish féil (compare Irish féile, Scottish Gaelic fèill), from Latin vigilia (“wakefulness, watch”), from vigil (“awake”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be strong”).

Noun

feaill f (genitive singular feailley, plural feaillyn)

(religion) holiday, festival

Derived terms

ard-eailley
Feailley Çhybbyrt Ushtey
Feailley Sarn
Feaill' Vaayl

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
feaill	eaill	veaill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“féil” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.