# fáilte
## Irish
### Etymology

From Middle Irish fáilte, from Old Irish fáilte, from Proto-Celtic *wāletiyā, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

### Pronunciation

* (Kerry) IPA: /ˈfˠɑːlʲtʲə/
* (Cork) IPA: /ˈfˠɑːlʲhə/
* (Connacht, Ulster) IPA: /ˈfˠɑːlʲtʲə/, /ˈfˠɑːl̠ʲtʲə/

### Noun

fáilte f (genitive singular fáilte, nominative plural fáiltí)
* A welcome (with roimh plus the person being welcomed)
    Bhí fáilte is fiche aige romham.He had a great welcome for me (lit. ‘He had 21 welcomes before me’)
    D’fhear sí fáilte romhainn.She welcomed us (lit. ‘She provided a welcome before us’)
* (archaic) delight, joy

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
fáilte
fáiltí
vocative
a fháilte
a fháiltí
genitive
fáilte
fáiltí
dative
fáilte
fáiltí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an fháilte
na fáiltí
genitive
na fáilte
na bhfáiltí
dative
leis an bhfáilte don fháilte
leis na fáiltí :

#### Derived terms

* anfháilte
* céad míle fáilte
* cuir fáilte roimh (“welcome”)
* fáilte an Aingil (“Angelus”)
* fáilte Uí Cheallaigh (“a very hearty welcome”, literally “O’Kelly’s welcome”)
* fáilteach
* fáilteoir (“welcomer; receptionist”)
* fáiltigh (“be glad, rejoice; welcome”)
* fáiltiúil (“joyous, glad; welcoming”)
* fuarfháilte (“lukewarm welcome”)
* tá fáilte romhat, romhaibh

#### Related terms

* fáilteachas m (“welcoming, welcoming manner”)

### Interjection

fáilte
* Welcome!

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fáilte, faílte”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 80, page 43
* ↑ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 72, page 19; reprinted 1988
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 105
* ↑ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt [Pronunciation of Northern Irish]‎ (in Irish), Béal Feirste [Belfast]: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], section 262, page 113

### Further reading

* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fáilte”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 293
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fáilte”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fáilte”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “fáilte”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
* “fáilte”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

## Middle Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish fáilte, from Proto-Celtic *wāletiyā.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɸaːl͈ʲtʲə/

### Noun

fáilte f
* welcome
** c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:Ro·ferad failte friu uile, ocus ructha chuci-sium isin mbruidin.They were all made welcome and brought to him in the hall.(literally, “A welcome was provided to them all…”)

#### Descendants

* Irish: fáilte
* Manx: failt
* Scottish Gaelic: fàilte

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fáilte, faílte”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Old Irish
### Alternative forms

* faílte

### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wāletiyā. By surface analysis, fáilid +‎ -e.
Cognate with Old English wele, wela, willan (“to wish”), Latin volō (“to want”).(Can this etymology be sourced?)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɸaːl͈ʲtʲe]

### Noun

fáilte f
* joy, happiness
** c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 92$^a$17
    Bed indbadigthi .i. bed chuintechti .i. cid fáilte ad·cot-sa ⁊ du·ngnéu, is túsu immid·folngi dam, a Dǽ; cid indeb dano ad·cot, is tú, Dǽ, immid·folngi dam.To be enriched, i.e. to be sought, i.e. though it is joy that I obtain and make, it is you who effects it for me, O God; so too, though it is wealth that I obtain, it is you, God, who effects it for me.
* salute
* welcome

#### Inflection

Feminine iā-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | fáilte$^L$ | fáilti$^L$ | fáilti |
| Vocative | fáilte$^L$ | fáilti$^L$ | fáilti |
| Accusative | fáilti$^N$ | fáilti$^L$ | fáilti |
| Genitive | fáilte | fáilte$^L$ | fáilte$^N$ |
| Dative | fáilti$^L$ | fáiltib | fáiltib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

#### Descendants

* Middle Irish: fáilte
** Irish: fáilte
** Manx: failt
** Scottish Gaelic: fàilte

### Adjective

fáilte
* inflection of fáilid:
** feminine genitive singular
** all genders genitive plural

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fáilte, faílte”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language