fiacail

fiacail

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fíacail.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfʲiəkəlʲ]
• (Aran) IPA^(key): [ˈfʲiəkəl]

Noun

fiacail f (genitive singular fiacaile, nominative plural fiacla)

1. tooth

   Proverb:

   Ní mhilleann dea-ghlór fiacail; níor bhris focal maith fiacail riamh. ― A kind word is always welcome.

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 (“milk-tooth”)
• fiacail forais (“wisdom tooth”)
• fiacla bréige (“false teeth”)
• púdar fiacla (“tooth-powder”)
• scagfhiaclach (“gap-toothed”, adjective)
• tinneas fiacaile, tinneas fiacal (“toothache”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fiacail	fhiacail	bhfiacail
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "fiacail" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “fíacail” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• fiacaill

Etymology

From Old Irish fíacail.

Noun

fiacail f or m (genitive singular fiacla, plural fiaclan)

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

Derived terms

• clàr-fhiacaill (“incisor”)
• dà-fhiaclach (“bidental”, adjective)
• fiacail fhuadain (“false tooth”)
• fiacaill-carbaid (“cheek-tooth”)
• fiacaill-crìche (“eyetooth, gag-tooth”)
• fiacaill-cùil (“back tooth”)
• fiacaill-forais (“late-grown tooth, wisdom-tooth”)
• fiacaill-goibhre (name given to a man who holds out against his neighbours)
• fiacaill-leòmhainn (“dandelion”)

 

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• “fíacail” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.