fuiling
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- (dated) fulaing
Etymology
From Old Irish fo·loing, from fo- + Proto-Celtic *lungo- (“put, place”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”).
Verb
fuiling (past dh'fhuiling, future fuilingidh, verbal noun fulang, past participle fuilingte)
- suffer, endure, undergo
- tolerate, stand, sustain
- permit, allow
- bear
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “fuiling”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN