# fiacail
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish fíacail. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fiacaill and Manx feeackle.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfʲiəkəlʲ/

### Noun

fiacail f (genitive singular fiacaile, nominative plural fiacla)
* tooth
    Ní mhilleann dea-ghlór fiacail; níor bhris focal maith fiacail riamh. (proverb)A kind word is always welcome.(literally, “A good voice does not spoil a tooth; a good word never broke a tooth.”)
* edge, verge

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
fiacail
fiacla
vocative
a fhiacail
a fhiacla
genitive
fiacaile
fiacla
dative
fiacail
fiacla
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an fhiacail
na fiacla
genitive
na fiacaile
na bhfiacla
dative
leis an bhfiacail don fhiacail
leis na fiacla :
* Alternative genitive plural: fiacal

#### Synonyms

* déad

#### Derived terms

* fiacail diúil
* fiacail forais
* fiacla bréige
* fiaclóir
* púdar fiacla
* scagfhiaclach
* starrfhiacail
* tinneas fiacaile
* tinneas fiacal

### 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), “fíacail”, 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
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 110
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 229, page 84

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiacail”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Scottish Gaelic
### Alternative forms

* fiacaill, fiacal

### Etymology

From Old Irish fíacail. Cognate with Irish fiacail and Manx feeackle.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfiəxkəl/
* (Lewis) IPA: /ˈfiəʰkɪʎ/, [ˈfiəʰkə̯ɪʎ], [ˈfiəhkə̯ɪʎ] (corresponding to the form fiacaill)

### Noun

fiacail f (genitive singular fiacla, plural fiaclan)
* tooth
    Synonym: deud
* cog (on a gear)
* pin (of an electric plug)

#### Derived terms

* bruis-fhiaclan
* clàr-fhiacaill
* dà-fhiaclach
* fiacail fhuadain
* fiacaill-carbaid
* fiacaill-crìche
* fiacaill-cùil
* fiacaill-forais
* fiacaill-goibhre
* fiacaill-leòmhainn

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

### Further reading

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “fiacail”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fíacail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language