fáilte

See also: failte and fàilte

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish fáilte, from Old Irish fáilte,[1] from Proto-Celtic *wāletiyā, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɑːlʲtʲə/[2]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɑːlʲtʲə/, /ˈfˠɑːl̠ʲtʲə/[3]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠaːl̠ʲtʲə/

Noun

fáilte f (genitive singular fáilte, nominative plural fáiltí)

  1. A welcome (with roimh plus the person being welcomed)
    Bhí fáilte is fiche aige romham.
    He had a great welcome for me (lit. ‘He had 21 welcomes before me’)
    D’fhear sí fáilte romhainn.
    She welcomed us (lit. ‘She provided a welcome before us’)
  2. (archaic) delight, joy

Declension
Declension of fáilte

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fáilte fáiltí
Vocative a fháilte a fháiltí
Genitive fáilte fáiltí
Dative fáilte fáiltí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fháilte na fáiltí
Genitive na fáilte na bhfáiltí
Dative leis an bhfáilte

don fháilte

 leis na fáiltí

Derived terms
  • anfháilte
  • céad míle fáilte
  • cuir fáilte roimh (“welcome”)
  • fáilte an Aingil (“Angelus”)
  • fáilte Uí Cheallaigh (“a very hearty welcome”, literally “O’Kelly’s welcome”)
  • fáilteach
  • fáilteoir (“welcomer; receptionist”)
  • fáiltigh (“be glad, rejoice; welcome”)
  • fáiltiúil (“joyous, glad; welcoming”)
  • fuarfháilte (“lukewarm welcome”)
  • tá fáilte romhat/romhaibh
  • fáilteachas m (“welcoming, welcoming manner”)

Interjection

fáilte

  1. Welcome!

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

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fáilte, faílte”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 80, page 43
  3. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 105

Further reading
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fáilte”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 293
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fáilte”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “fáilte” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “fáilte” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “fáilte”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fáilte, from Proto-Celtic *wāletiyā.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfaːl͈ʲtʲə/

Noun

fáilte f

  1. welcome
    • c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:
      Ro·ferad failte friu uile, ocus ructha chuci-sium isin mbruidin.
      They were all made welcome and brought to him in the hall.
      (literally, “A welcome was provided to them all…”)

Descendants
  • Irish: fáilte
  • Manx: failt
  • Scottish Gaelic: fàilte

Mutation
Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
fáilteḟáiltefáilte
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Irish

Alternative forms
  • faílte

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wāletiyā. By surface analysis, fáilid +‎ -e.

Cognate with Old English wele, wela, willan (“to wish”), Latin volō (“to want”).(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfaːl͈ʲtʲe]

Noun

fáilte f

  1. joy, happiness
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 92a17
      Bed indbadigthi .i. bed chuintechti .i. cid fáilte ad·cot-sa ⁊ du·ngnéu, is túsu immid·folngi dam, a Dǽ; cid indeb dano ad·cot, is tú, Dǽ, immid·folngi dam.
      To be enriched, i.e. to be sought, i.e. though it is joy that I obtain and make, it is you who effects it for me, O God; so too, though it is wealth that I obtain, it is you, God, who effects it for me.
  2. salute
  3. welcome

Inflection
Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fáilteL fáiltiL fáilti
Vocative fáilteL fáiltiL fáilti
Accusative fáiltiN fáiltiL fáilti
Genitive fáilte fáilteL fáilteN
Dative fáiltiL fáiltib fáiltib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Adjective

fáilte

  1. inflection of fáilid:
    1. feminine genitive singular
    2. all genders genitive plural

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
fáilte ḟáilte fáilte
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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