fáilte
التعريفات والمعاني
== Irish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Middle Irish fáilte, from Old Irish fáilte, from Proto-Celtic *wāletiyā, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Munster) IPA(key): (Kerry) /ˈfˠɑːlʲtʲə/, (Cork) /ˈfˠɑːlʲhə/
(Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɑːlʲtʲə/, /ˈfˠɑːl̠ʲtʲə/
=== Noun ===
fáilte f (genitive singular fáilte, nominative plural fáiltí)
welcome [with roimh and the person being welcomed]
(archaic) delight, joy
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
fáilteachas m (“welcoming, welcoming manner”)
=== Interjection ===
fáilte
Welcome!
=== Mutation ===
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “fáilte”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 293
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fáilte”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “fáilte”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“fáilte”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
“fáilte”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
== Middle Irish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Irish fáilte, from Proto-Celtic *wāletiyā.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɸaːl̠ʲt̠ʲə/
=== Noun ===
fáilte f
welcome
==== Descendants ====
Irish: fáilte
Manx: failt
Scottish Gaelic: fàilte
=== Mutation ===
=== Further reading ===
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fáilte, faílte”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
== Old Irish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
faílte
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Celtic *wāletiyā. By surface analysis, fáilid + -e.
Cognate with Old English wele, wela, willan (“to wish”), Latin volō (“to want”).(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɸaːl̠ʲ.t̠ʲe/
=== Noun ===
fáilte f
joy, happiness
salute
welcome
==== Inflection ====
==== Quotations ====
c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 23c11
c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 92a17
==== Descendants ====
Middle Irish: fáilteIrish: fáilteManx: failtScottish Gaelic: fàilte
=== Adjective ===
fáilte
inflection of fáilid:
feminine genitive singular
all genders genitive plural
=== Mutation ===
=== Further reading ===
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fáilte, faílte”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language