fuáil

See also: fuail

Irish

Alternative forms
  • fuagháil (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish fúaigel,[1] úaigel m (“sewing”),[2] verbal noun of úaigid, úaigid (“to sew”). By surface analysis, fuaigh +‎ -áil.

Pronunciation

Noun

fuáil f (genitive singular fuála)

  1. verbal noun of fuaigh
  2. stitching, sewing, needlework

Declension
Declension of fuáil

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative fuáil
Vocative a fhuáil
Genitive fuála
Dative fuáil

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an fhuáil
Genitive na fuála
Dative leis an bhfuáil

don fhuáil

Derived terms
  • bean fuála f (“seamstress, needlewoman, sewing-woman”)
  • bosca fuála m (“(sewing) work-box”)
  • cailín fuála m (“sewing-maid”)
  • ciseán fuála m (“work-basket”)
  • fáisceán fuála m (“sewing-press”)
  • fuáil chúil f (“back-stitching”)
  • fuáil fhrancach f (“herringbone stitch”)
  • fuáil innill f (“machining”)
  • fuáil thar droim f (“back-stitching”)
  • fuálaí m (“needlewoman, sewer”)
  • inneall fuála m (“sewing-machine”)
  • mála fuála m (“(sewing) work-bag”)

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

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fúaigél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “úaigél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 116
  4. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 168, page 63

Further reading
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