féile – Irish noun declension

Irish noun forms of féile

Noun: féile

Gender: Fem

Forms without Article

Singular Nominativeféile
Singular Genitiveféile
Plural Nominativeféilte
Plural Genitiveféilte

Forms with Article

Singular Nominativean fhéile
Singular Genitivena féile
Plural Nominativena féilte
Plural Genitivena bhféilte

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Etymology

From Old Irish féil (“festival, feast day”) (compare Scottish Gaelic fèill), from Latin vigilia (“wakefulness, watch”), from vigil (“awake”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be strong”). Compare Manx feaill and Scottish Gaelic fèill. See: Latin Nouns 'vigilia'.

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