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féile

féile

Irish

Noun

féile f ‎(genitive singular féile, nominative plural féilte)

Declension

Declension of féile

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	féile	féilte
Vocative	a fhéile	a fhéilte
Genitive	féile	féilte
Dative	féile	féilte

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fhéile	na féilte
Genitive	na féile	na bhféilte
Dative	leis an bhféile don fhéile	leis na féilte

Derived terms

Lá Fhéile Vailintín m ‎(“Valentine's Day”)

Synonyms

(festival): feis
(hospitality): aíocht, fáilte, flaithiúlacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
féile	fhéile	bhféile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Old Irish

Noun

féile f

genitive singular of féil

Mutation

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