aiféala

• aiféile
• aithmhéala, aithmhéile (superseded)

From Middle Irish aithméla.

• IPA^(key): /ˈafʲeːlˠə/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈafʲeːɾˠ/, /ˈafʲeːlˠ/ (as if spelled aiféar, aiféal)

aiféala m (genitive singular aiféala)

1. regret, remorse
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 21:

     ńīl orm̥ ax ȧfēr fȳ n æmšŕ̥, ə tā kȧlc am.

     conventional orthography: Níl orm ach aiféala faoin aimsir atá cailte agam.

     I regret only the time I’ve lost.

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 21:

     tā ȧfēr rī wōr orm̥, n̄ax vēdĭm n̥ ceŕəvīš šin ə jīnə ʒic.

     conventional orthography: Tá aiféala rímhór orm nach bhféadaim an tseirbhís sin a dhéanamh dhuit.

     I greatly regret that I can’t perform that service for you.

2. shame, shamefacedness

• aiféaltas m (“shame, embarrassment; regret”)

• "aiféala" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “aithméla” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “aiṫṁéala” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 256.
• Entries containing “aiféala” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “aiféala” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.