fiacaill
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- fiacal
Etymology
From Old Irish fíacail. Cognate with Irish fiacail and Manx feeackle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfiəxkɪʎ/
Noun
fiacaill f (genitive singular fiacla, plural fiaclan)
- tooth
- Synonym: deud
- cog (on a gear)
- pin (of an electric plug)
Derived terms
- bruis-fhiaclan
- clàr-fhiacaill
- dà-fhiaclach
- fiacail fhuadain
- fiacaill-carbaid
- fiacaill-crìche
- fiacaill-cùil
- fiacaill-forais
- fiacaill-goibhre
- fiacaill-leòmhainn
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| fiacaill | fhiacaill |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “fiacaill”, 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), “fíacail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language