# Faoilleach
## Irish
### Etymology

From Middle Irish faílech (“end of winter, early part of February”), alteration of fuidlech (“latter part of winter”), from Old Irish fuidel (“remnant, remainder”)

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /ˈfˠiːlʲəx/
* (Connacht) IPA: /ˈfˠiːl̠ʲəx/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈfˠiːl̠ʲa(x)/

### Proper noun

Faoilleach m (genitive Faoilligh, nominative plural Faoilligh)
* (usually in the plural) February (second month of the Gregorian calendar and first month of spring in the Irish calendar)
    Synonym: Feabhra

#### Usage notes

* Usually plural, hence Mí na bhFaoilleach. Na Faoilligh are the days of bad weather that come at the end of winter and early spring that often kill off weaker animals:
    an Márta a mharaíos daoine, na Faoilligh a mharaíos caoraighMarch kills people, February kills sheep

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
Faoilleach
Faoilligh
vocative
a Fhaoilligh
a Fhaoilleacha
genitive
Faoilligh
Faoilleach
dative
Faoilleach
Faoilligh
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an Faoilleach
na Faoilligh
genitive
an Fhaoilligh
na bhFaoilleach
dative
leis an bhFaoilleach don Fhaoilleach
leis na Faoilligh :

### Mutation

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

### See also

* Eanáir
* Feabhra
* Márta
* Aibreán
* Bealtaine
* Meitheamh
* Iúil
* Lúnasa
* Meán Fómhair
* Deireadh Fómhair
* Samhain
* Mí na Nollag

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Faoilleach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Faoilleach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “Faoilleach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “faílech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fuidlech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Manchán Magan - Focail Farraige & Sea Terms - Machaire Rabhartaigh, Tír Chonaill
* Leabhar Laethanta le Donla uí Bhraonáin

## Scottish Gaelic
### Alternative forms

* Faoilteach

### Etymology

From Middle Irish faílech (“end of winter, early part of February”), alteration of fuidlech (“latter part of winter”), from Old Irish fuidel (“remnant, remainder”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɯːʎəx/

### Proper noun

am Faoilleach (genitive Faoillich)
* January (first month of the Gregorian calendar)

#### Usage notes

* Usually written with the definite article.

#### Derived terms

* Faoi (abbreviation)

### Mutation

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

### See also

* Faoilleach
* Gearran
* Màrt
* Giblean
* Cèitean
* Ògmhios
* Iuchar
* Lùnastal
* Sultain
* Dàmhair
* Samhain
* Dùbhlachd

### References

* ↑ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh

### Further reading

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