Irish

Noun

fiacail f ‎(genitive singular fiacaile, nominative plural fiacla)

1. tooth

   Proverb: Ní mhilleann dea-ghlór fiacail; níor bhris focal maith fiacail riamh.‎ ― A kind word is always welcome.

2. edge, verge

Declension

• Alternative genitive plural: fiacal

Synonyms

• déad

Derived terms

Mutation

References

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

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• fiacaill

Etymology

From Old Irish fíacail.

Noun

fiacail f, m ‎(genitive singular fiacla, plural fiaclan)

1. tooth
2. cog (on a gear)
3. pin (of a electric plug)

Derived terms

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “fíacail” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.