# fial
## Dalmatian
### Alternative forms

* fiel

### Etymology

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

### Noun

fial m
* bile
* bitterness

## Galician
### Etymology

From fío (“thread”) +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [fiˈal]

### Noun

fial m (plural fiais)
* mountain range, sierra
    Synonyms: cordal, serra

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fial”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fial”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fʲiəl̪ˠ/, /fʲiəlˠ/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish fíal, from Proto-Celtic *weilos (“modest”), from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“rotate turn”). Cognate with Welsh gŵyl (“modest, generous, kind”).

#### Adjective

fial (genitive singular masculine féil, genitive singular feminine féile, plural fiala, comparative féile) (literary)
* seemly
* generous
* bountiful

##### Declension

| | Singular | Singular | Plural (m/f) | Plural (m/f) |
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fial | fhial | fiala; fhiala² | fiala; fhiala² |
| Vocative | fhéil | fhial | fiala | fiala |
| Genitive | fhéil | féile | fiala | fial |
| Dative | fial; fhial¹ | fhial; fhéil (archaic) | fiala; fhiala² | fiala; fhiala² |
| Comparative | níos féile | níos féile | níos féile | níos féile |
| Superlative | is féile | is féile | is féile | is féile |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article. ² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

##### Derived terms

* féile

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish fíal, from Latin vēlum.

#### Noun

fial m (genitive singular féil, nominative plural fiala)
* veil

##### Declension

First declension

##### Derived terms

* fialaigh (“veil, cover”, verb)
* fialsíoda (“tulle”)

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from English phial.

#### Noun

fial m (genitive singular féil, nominative plural fiala)
* vial

##### Declension

First declension

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 203, page 102
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fíal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Falileyev, Alexander (2000) Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 68
* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 412

### Further reading

* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fial”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 312
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fial”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fial”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “fial”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
* “fial”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

## North Frisian
### Alternative forms

* fälj (Mooring)

### Etymology

From Old Frisian feld. Cognates include West Frisian fjild.

### Noun

fial n (plural fialen)
* (Föhr-Amrum) field

## Swedish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

fial c
* (architecture) a pinnacle

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | fial | fials |
| singular | definite | fialen | fialens |
| plural | indefinite | fialer | fialers |
| plural | definite | fialerna | fialernas |

#### See also

* tinne

### References

* fial in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* fial in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* fial in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)