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faill

faill

Irish

Noun

faill f (genitive singular faille, nominative plural failleanna)

  1. (literary) negligence, omission
  2. unguarded state
  3. chance, opportunity
  4. time, occasion
  5. cessation, easement

Declension

Related terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
faill fhaill bhfaill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Manx

Etymology 1

Verb

faill (verbal noun failleil or fajeil)

  1. fail, fall short, decline

Etymology 2

Verb

faill (verbal noun failley, past participle failt)

  1. hire, employ, engage

Noun

faill f (genitive singular faillee)

  1. wages

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
faill aill vaill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.