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fuáil

fuáil

See also: fuail

Irish

Alternative forms

fuagháil (obsolete)

Noun

fuáil f ‎(genitive singular fuála)

verbal noun of fuaigh
stitching, sewing, needlework

Declension

Declension of fuáil

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case	Singular
Nominative	fuáil
Vocative	a fhuáil
Genitive	fuála
Dative	fuáil

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an fhuáil
Genitive	na fuála
Dative	leis an bhfuáil don fhuáil

Derived terms

Terms derived from fuáil

bean fuála f ‎(“seamstress, needlewoman, sewing-woman”)
bosca fuála m ‎(“(sewing) work-box”)
cailín fuála m ‎(“sewing-maid”)
ciseán fuála m ‎(“work-basket”)

fáisceán fuála m ‎(“sewing-press”)
fuáil fhrancach f ‎(“herringbone stitch”)
fuáil innill f ‎(“machining”)
fuáil thar droim f, fuáil chúil f ‎(“back-stitching”)

fuálaí m ‎(“needlewoman, sewer”)
inneall fuála m ‎(“sewing-machine”)
mála fuála m ‎(“(sewing) work-bag”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fuáil	fhuáil	bhfuáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"fuáil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“fúaigél” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“úaigél” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.