feiceáil

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

feiceáil f (genitive singular feiceála)

  1. verbal noun of feic (“see”)
  2. visibility, discernment, sight
  3. look, appearance

Declension
Declension of feiceáil

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative feiceáil
Vocative a fheiceáil
Genitive feiceála
Dative feiceáil

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an fheiceáil
Genitive na feiceála
Dative leis an bhfeiceáil

don fheiceáil

Derived terms
  • déanann feiceáil fírinne (“seeing is believing”)
  • feiceálach (“noticeable, conspicuous; bright, striking, showy; handsome”, adjective)
  • feiceálacht f (“conspicuousness; showiness”)
  • gan fheiceáil (“unseen”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
feiceáil fheiceáil bhfeiceáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 108
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 34

Further reading
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