feighil

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish figell, from Latin vigil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʲəilʲ/

Noun

feighil f (genitive singular feighle)

  1. vigilance, watchfulness; care, attention
  2. verbal noun of feighil

Declension

Verb

feighil (present analytic feighlíonn, future analytic feighleoidh, verbal noun feighil, past participle feighlithe)

  1. watch, tend

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • feighlí (watcher, tender, overseer)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
feighil fheighil bhfeighil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • figel(l)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • figlid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • "feighil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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