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feall

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish fell (“deceit, treachery”),[2] from Proto-Celtic *welsos.

Noun

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feall m (genitive singular fill, nominative plural feallanna)

  1. deceit, treachery, bad faith
  2. let-down, failure
Declension
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Declension of feall (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative feall feallanna
vocative a fhill a fheallanna
genitive fill feallanna
dative feall feallanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an feall na feallanna
genitive an fhill na bhfeallanna
dative leis an bhfeall
don fheall 		leis na feallanna

Etymology 2

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From Old Irish fellaid (“act deceitfully”), from fell.[3]

Verb

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feall (present analytic feallann, future analytic feallfaidh, verbal noun fealladh, past participle feallta)

  1. (intransitive, with ar) prove false to, betray; fail; cheat
Conjugation
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conjugation of feall (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present feallaim feallann tú;
feallair† 		feallann sé, sí feallaimid feallann sibh feallann siad;
feallaid† 		a fheallann; a fheallas /
a bhfeallann* 		fealltar
past d'fheall mé; d'fheallas /
fheall mé‡; fheallas‡ 		d'fheall tú; d'fheallais /
fheall tú; fheallais‡ 		d'fheall sé, sí /
fheall sé, sí‡ 		d'fheallamar; d'fheall muid /
fheallamar; fheall muid‡ 		d'fheall sibh; d'fheallabhair /
fheall sibh;
fheallabhair‡ 		d'fheall siad; d'fhealladar /
fheall siad; fhealladar‡ 		a d'fheall /
ar fheall* 		fealladh
past habitual d'fheallainn /
fheallainn‡; bhfeallainn‡‡ 		d'fhealltá /
fhealltá‡; bhfealltᇇ 		d'fhealladh sé, sí /
fhealladh sé, sí‡; bhfealladh sé, s퇇 		d'fheallaimis; d'fhealladh muid /
fheallaimis; fhealladh muid‡; bhfeallaimis‡‡; bhfealladh muid‡‡ 		d'fhealladh sibh /
fhealladh sibh‡; bhfealladh sibh‡‡ 		d'fheallaidís; d'fhealladh siad /
fheallaidís; fhealladh siad‡; bhfeallaidís‡‡; bhfealladh siad‡‡ 		a d'fhealladh /
a bhfealladh* 		d'fhealltaí /
fhealltaí‡; bhfeallta퇇
future feallfaidh mé;
feallfad 		feallfaidh tú;
feallfair† 		feallfaidh sé, sí feallfaimid;
feallfaidh muid 		feallfaidh sibh feallfaidh siad;
feallfaid† 		a fheallfaidh; a fheallfas /
a bhfeallfaidh* 		feallfar
conditional d'fheallfainn / fheallfainn‡; bhfeallfainn‡‡ d'fheallfá / fheallfá‡; bhfeallfᇇ d'fheallfadh sé, sí / fheallfadh sé, sí‡; bhfeallfadh sé, s퇇 d'fheallfaimis; d'fheallfadh muid / fheallfaimis‡; fheallfadh muid‡; bhfeallfaimis‡‡; bhfeallfadh muid‡‡ d'fheallfadh sibh / fheallfadh sibh‡; bhfeallfadh sibh‡‡ d'fheallfaidís; d'fheallfadh siad / fheallfaidís‡; fheallfadh siad‡; bhfeallfaidís‡‡; bhfeallfadh siad‡‡ a d'fheallfadh /
a bhfeallfadh* 		d'fheallfaí / fheallfaí‡; bhfeallfa퇇
subjunctive present go bhfealla mé;
go bhfeallad† 		go bhfealla tú;
go bhfeallair† 		go bhfealla sé, sí go bhfeallaimid;
go bhfealla muid 		go bhfealla sibh go bhfealla siad;
go bhfeallaid† 		— go bhfealltar
past dá bhfeallainn dá bhfealltá dá bhfealladh sé, sí dá bhfeallaimis;
dá bhfealladh muid 		dá bhfealladh sibh dá bhfeallaidís;
dá bhfealladh siad 		— dá bhfealltaí
imperative feallaim feall fealladh sé, sí feallaimis feallaigí;
feallaidh† 		feallaidís — fealltar
verbal noun fealladh
past participle feallta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Mutation

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Mutated forms of feall
radical lenition eclipsis
feall fheall bhfeall

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 206, page 79
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fellaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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Middle English

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Noun

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feall

  1. Alternative form of feal

Old English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fæ͜ɑll/, [fæ͜ɑɫ]

Noun

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feall n

  1. Alternative form of fiell

Scottish Gaelic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish fell (“deceit, treachery”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *welsos.

Noun

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feall f

  1. treachery, conspiracy, trickery, deceit, falsehood, guile
  2. treason
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Old Irish fellaid (“act deceitfully”), from fell.[2]

Verb

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feall (past dh'fheall, future feallaidh, verbal noun fealladh)

  1. deceive, betray, impose upon

Mutation

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Mutation of feall
radical lenition
feall fheall

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fellaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “feall”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “feall”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[2], Stirling, →ISBN
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