"féil" meaning in Old Irish

See féil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vigilia (“wakefulness, watch”), from vigil (“awake”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be strong”). Etymology templates: {{root|sga|ine-pro|*weǵ-}}, {{bor|sga|la|vigilia||wakefulness, watch}} Latin vigilia (“wakefulness, watch”), {{der|sga|ine-pro|*weǵ-||to be strong}} Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be strong”) Head templates: {{head|sga|noun|||genitive|féile|||||||nominative plural|féili||{{{pl2}}}||{{{pl3}}}|cat2=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} féil f (genitive féile, nominative plural féili), {{sga-noun|f|féile|féili}} féil f (genitive féile, nominative plural féili) Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-ih|féil}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=féil+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_pl=féili+H|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=féili+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|class=ī-f|dat_du=féilib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=féilib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=féili+L|dat_sg2=|dat_sg3=|gen_du=féile+L|gen_du2=|gen_du3=|gen_pl=féile+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_sg=féile+H|gen_sg2=|gen_sg3=|n=|nom_du=féil+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_pl=féili+H|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_sg=féil+L|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|voc_du=féil+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_pl=féili+H|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=féil+L|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=}} Forms: féile [genitive], féili [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], féil [nominative, singular], féil [dual, nominative], féili [nominative, plural], féil [singular, vocative], féil [dual, vocative], féili [plural, vocative], féili [accusative, singular], féil [accusative, dual], féili [accusative, plural], féile [genitive, singular], féile [dual, genitive], féile [genitive, plural], féili [dative, singular], féilib [dative, dual], féilib [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], féil [error-unrecognized-form], ḟéil [error-unrecognized-form], féil
  1. (Christianity) festival, feast day Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Christianity Derived forms (félire): féilire [Irish]
    Sense id: en-féil-sga-noun-LHh67rYs Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Topics: Christianity

Inflected forms

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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "féile"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: féile",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: féile"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gv",
            "2": "feaill",
            "3": "feailley"
          },
          "expansion": "Manx: feaill, feailley",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Manx: feaill, feailley"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "fèill"
          },
          "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic: fèill",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scottish Gaelic: fèill"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*weǵ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "vigilia",
        "4": "",
        "5": "wakefulness, watch"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vigilia (“wakefulness, watch”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "to be strong"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be strong”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin vigilia (“wakefulness, watch”), from vigil (“awake”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be strong”).",
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    {
      "form": "féile",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féili",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "féil",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féil",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féili",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féil",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féil",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "féili",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féil",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "féili",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féile",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féile",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féile",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féili",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féilib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féilib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féil",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ḟéil",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féil",
      "source": "mutation"
    }
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
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        "14": "féili",
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        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
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        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "féile",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "féile",
        "3": "féili"
      },
      "expansion": "féil f (genitive féile, nominative plural féili)",
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    }
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      },
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    },
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        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
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        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "féili+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "ī-f",
        "dat_du": "féilib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "féilib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
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        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
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        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "féile+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "féile+H",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "féil+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "féili+H",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "féil+L",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "féil+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "féili+H",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "féil+L",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
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    }
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  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "langcode": "sga",
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          "orig": "sga:Christianity",
          "parents": [
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            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
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      "derived": [
        {
          "sense": "félire",
          "tags": [
            "Irish"
          ],
          "word": "féilire"
        }
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      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "festival",
          "festival"
        ],
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          "feast day",
          "feast day"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Christianity) festival, feast day"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "féil"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "sense": "félire",
      "tags": [
        "Irish"
      ],
      "word": "féilire"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "féile"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: féile"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gv",
            "2": "feaill",
            "3": "feailley"
          },
          "expansion": "Manx: feaill, feailley",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Manx: feaill, feailley"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scottish Gaelic: fèill"
    }
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "vigilia",
        "4": "",
        "5": "wakefulness, watch"
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      "name": "bor"
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin vigilia (“wakefulness, watch”), from vigil (“awake”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be strong”).",
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    {
      "form": "féile",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féili",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "table-tags"
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féil",
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féil",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féili",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    },
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    {
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    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féil",
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    {
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "féile",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féil",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ḟéil",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "féil",
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    }
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        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
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        "acc_du3": "",
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        "acc_pl3": "",
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  "lang_code": "sga",
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      "categories": [
        "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Irish feminine nouns",
        "Old Irish lemmas",
        "Old Irish nouns",
        "Old Irish terms borrowed from Latin",
        "Old Irish terms derived from Latin",
        "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weǵ-",
        "Old Irish ī-stem nouns",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "sga:Christianity"
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        "festival, feast day"
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          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
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          "festival",
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        ],
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          "feast day",
          "feast day"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "féil"
}

Download raw JSONL data for féil meaning in Old Irish (4.9kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: féil/Old Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "féil"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "féil",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "féil"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "féil",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
  "path": [
    "féil"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "féil",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/1826",
  "msg": "inflection table: empty tags for féil",
  "path": [
    "féil"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "féil",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-04-20 using wiktextract (89e900c and ea19a0a). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.