féile

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfʲeːlʲə/[1]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish féil (“festival, feast day”)[2] (compare Scottish Gaelic fèill), from Latin vigilia (“wakefulness, watch”), from vigil (“awake”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be strong”).

Noun

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  1. (Christianity) feast, feast day
  2. festival
    Synonym: feis
  3. hospitality
    Synonyms: aíocht, fáilte, flaithiúlacht
Declension
Declension of féile

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) féilte
Vocative a fhéile a fhéilte
Genitive Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) féilte
Dative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) féilte

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fhéile na féilte
Genitive na Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) na bhféilte
Dative leis an bhféile

don fhéile

 leis na féilte
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value),[3] from Proto-Celtic *wēliyā (“modesty”). By surface analysis, fial +‎ -e. Cognate with Welsh gwyledd.

Noun

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  1. generosity, hospitality
Declension
Declension of féile

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Vocative a fhéile
Genitive Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Dative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an fhéile
Genitive na Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Dative leis an bhféile

don fhéile

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

féile

  1. inflection of fial:
    1. feminine genitive singular
    2. comparative degree

Mutation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References
  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 109
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “féil ‘festival’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “féle ‘modesty, generosity’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “féil ‘vigil’”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 307
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “féile ‘generosity’”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 308
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “féile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “féile” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “féile” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Old Irish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *wēliyā (“modesty”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“turn”), *wāg- (“to be bent”), which could be related to Latin vagus (“wandering, strolling”).[1] By surface analysis, fíal +‎ -e. Cognate with Welsh gwyledd.

Noun

féile f (genitive féili, no plural)

  1. modesty, generosity
Declension

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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

féile f

  1. genitive singular of féil

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
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pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “weliyo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 409-10
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