féile

== Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfʲeːlʲə/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish féil (“festival, feast day”) (compare Scottish Gaelic fèill), from Latin vigilia (“wakefulness, watch”), from vigil (“awake”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be strong”). Compare Manx feaill and Scottish Gaelic fèill. ==== Noun ==== féile f (genitive singular féile, nominative plural féilte) (Christianity) feast, feast day festival Synonym: feis hospitality Synonyms: aíocht, fáilte, flaithiúlacht ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old Irish féile (“modesty, generosity”), from Proto-Celtic *weiliyā (“modesty”). By surface analysis, fial +‎ -e. Cognate with Welsh gwyledd. ==== Noun ==== féile f (genitive singular féile) generosity, hospitality ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== féile inflection of fial: feminine genitive singular comparative degree === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “féil ‘vigil’”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 307 Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “féile ‘generosity’”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 308 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “féile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “féile”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “féile”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == Old Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɸʲeː.lʲe/ === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Celtic *weiliyā (“modesty”), abstract noun from *weilos (“modest”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“turn”), which could be related to Latin vīlis (“cheap, abundant”). By surface analysis, fíal +‎ -e. Cognate with Welsh gwyledd. ==== Noun ==== féile f (genitive féili, no plural) modesty, generosity ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== féile f genitive singular of féil === Mutation === === References ===