fàl

See also: fal, Fal, FAL, fál, and fäl

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fál, from a Proto-Celtic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, wind, roll”), see also Latin vallum (“wall”), Saterland Frisian Waal (“wall, rampart, mound”), Dutch wal (“wall, rampart, embankment”), German Wall (“rampart, mound, embankment”), Swedish vall (“mound, wall, bank”).

Noun

fàl m (genitive singular fàil, plural fàil)

  1. hedge
  2. dyke
  3. verge (of road)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
fàlfhàl
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “fàl”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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