fial

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Dalmatian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgar Latin *felem m or f, from Latin fel n.

Noun[edit]

fial m

  1. bile
  2. bitterness

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From fío (thread) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

fial m (plural fiais)

  1. mountain range, sierra
    Synonyms: cordal, serra

References[edit]

  • fial” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • fial” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish fíal, from Proto-Celtic *wēlos (modest), from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (rotate turn). Cognate with Welsh gŵyl (modest, generous, kind).[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

fial (genitive singular masculine féil, genitive singular feminine féile, plural fiala, comparative féile) (literary)

  1. seemly
  2. generous
  3. bountiful

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fial fhial bhfial
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Falileyev, Alexander, Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh, Walter de Gruyter, 2000, p. 68.
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 412

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North Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Frisian feld. Cognates include Mooring North Frisian fälj and West Frisian fjild.

Noun[edit]

fial n (plural fialen)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) field

Swedish[edit]

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Of obscure origin. Related to Danish fiale, Middle High German vialen (early New High German figallen).

Noun[edit]

fial c

  1. (architecture) a pinnacle

Declension[edit]

Declension of fial 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fial fialen fialer fialerna
Genitive fials fialens fialers fialernas

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