faol

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish fáel, from Proto-Celtic *wailos, from Proto-Indo-European *waylos.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fˠeːlˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /fˠiːlˠ/

Noun

faol m (genitive singular foil, nominative plural foil)

1. (literary, archaic) wolf

   Synonyms: faolchú, mac tíre, madra alla, madra allta

Declension

Declension of faol (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative faol faoil vocative a fhaoil a fhaola genitive faoil faol dative faol faoil forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an faol na faoil genitive an fhaoil na bhfaol dative leis an bhfaol don fhaol leis na faoil

Derived terms

• faolchú
• Faolán

Mutation

Mutated forms of faol

radical	lenition	eclipsis
faol	fhaol	bhfaol

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish fáel.

Noun

faol m (genitive singular faoil, nominative plural faoil)

1. wolf

   Synonym: madadh-allaidh

Mutation

Mutation of faol

radical	lenition
faol	fhaol

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English foul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaol/ [ˈfa.ol]
• Rhymes: -aol
• Syllabification: fa‧ol

Noun

faol m (plural faols)

1. (Nicaragua, uncommon) alternative form of foul

   Alternative forms: faul, fao

Further reading

• “faol”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Uzbek

Other scripts

Arabic (Afghan Uzbek)		—
Cyrillic		фаол
Latin		—

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai فعال (fʿʾl), from Arabic فَعَّال (faʕʕāl).

Adjective

faol (comparative faolroq, superlative eng faol)

1. active

Derived terms

• faoliyat