feighil

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish figell, from Latin vigil.[1] The verb is from Middle Irish figlid, from the noun.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʲəilʲ/

Noun

feighil f (genitive singular feighle)

  1. vigilance, watchfulness; care, attention
  2. verbal noun of feighil

Declension

Derived terms

Verb

feighil (present analytic feighlíonn, future analytic feighleoidh, verbal noun feighil, past participle feighlithe)

  1. watch, tend

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • feighlí (watcher, tender, overseer)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
feighil fheighil bhfeighil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “figel(l)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “figlid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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