feòil
See also: feoil, feóil, and féoil
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish féoil. Cognate with Irish feoil, Manx feill.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fjɔːl/
Noun
feòil f (genitive singular feòla)
- flesh
- meat
Derived terms
- ainfheòil (“proud flesh, corrupt flesh”)
- buileann feòla (“meat loaf”)
- circe-fheòil (“chicken (meat)”)
- circ-fheòil (“chicken (meat)”)
- daimh-fheòil (“beef”)
- féidh-fheoil (“venison”)
- feòil-caorach (“mutton”)
- feòil-chaorach (“mutton”)
- feòil-itheach (“carnivorous”, adjective)
- feòil-itheadair m (“carnivore”)
- feòil-laoigh (“veal”)
- feòil-muice (“pork”)
- feòil-uain (“lamb (meat)”)
- feòlach m (“carnage, slaughter”)
- feòladair m (“butcher, flesher”)
- feòladaireachd f (“butchery”)
- feòlan m (“proud flesh, excoriation”)
- feòlmhach m (“flesh-meat”)
- feòlmhor (“carnal, fleshy”, adjective)
- feòlmhorachd f (“carnality, fleshiness”)
- mairtfheòil (“beef”)
- margadh na feòla m (“meat market”)
- muicfheòil (“pork”)
- muilt-fheòil (“mutton”)
- seòmar-feòla m (“larder”)
- sùgh feòla m (“gravy”)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| feòil | fheòil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “feòil”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “feóil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language