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feall

feall

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fell (deceit, treachery).

Noun

feall m (genitive singular fill, nominative plural feallanna)

  1. deceit, treachery, bad faith
  2. let-down, failure
Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Irish fellaid (acts deceitfully, proves false; comes short of, fails to fulfil a promise, duty, etc.), from fell.

Verb

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

  1. (with ar) prove false to, betray; fail; cheat
Conjugation
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • feallaire (deceiver, betrayer)
  • fealltóir (betrayer, traitor)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
feall fheall bhfeall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References


Old English

Noun

feall ?

  1. Alternative form of fiell