fáil

See also: fail, Fail, fàil, and Fäil

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fagbál. By surface analysis, faigh +‎ -áil.

Alternative forms

Noun

fáil f (genitive singular fála)

  1. verbal noun of faigh
  2. possession
  3. receipt, attainment
  4. goal, target
  5. access
  6. availability
Declension
Declension of fáil

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative fáil
Vocative a fháil
Genitive fála
Dative fáil

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an fháil
Genitive na fála
Dative leis an bhfáil

don fháil

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fáil

  1. vocative/genitive singular of fál

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fáil fháil bhfáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 104
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 74
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