fiacail

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fíacail.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfʲiəkəlʲ]
  • (Aran) IPA(key): [ˈfʲiəkəl]

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
Declension of fiacail

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fiacail fiacla
Vocative a fhiacail a fhiacla
Genitive fiacaile fiacla
Dative fiacail fiacla

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fhiacail na fiacla
Genitive na fiacaile na bhfiacla
Dative leis an bhfiacail

don fhiacail

 leis na fiacla
  • Alternative genitive plural: fiacal

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • fiacail diúil (“milk-tooth”)
  • fiacail forais (“wisdom tooth”)
  • fiacla bréige (“false teeth”)
  • púdar fiacla (“tooth-powder”)
  • scagfhiaclach (“gap-toothed”, adjective)
  • tinneas fiacaile, tinneas fiacal (“toothache”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fiacail fhiacail bhfiacail
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish fíacail.

Noun

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

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

Derived terms
  • clàr-fhiacaill (“incisor”)
  • dà-fhiaclach (“bidental”, adjective)
  • fiacail fhuadain (“false tooth”)
  • fiacaill-carbaid (“cheek-tooth”)
  • fiacaill-crìche (“eyetooth, gag-tooth”)
  • fiacaill-cùil (“back tooth”)
  • fiacaill-forais (“late-grown tooth, wisdom-tooth”)
  • fiacaill-goibhre (name given to a man who holds out against his neighbours)
  • fiacaill-leòmhainn (“dandelion”)

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
  • “fíacail” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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