adj o-ā
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. 1 315
,
Thurn. Hdb. 34
,
Celtica i 367
, see an archaic spelling of this in: bad féal ... dogneid cach réit (gl. omnia
honeste ... fiant)
Wb. 13a29
(`
faithfully
' Thes., where Stokes
suggests a derivation <O.Fr. feal<*fedalis).
(a)
decorous
becoming
, seemly (of conduct or behaviour): adv. compar. ind
feliu
(gl. verecundius)
Ml. 58b1
. bá fial dó buith arnaib ócaib
céin dogēni calma. Is féli dō ... a imḟolach, in tan teches
it became him ... it is more becoming for him
LU 5739
(
TBC-I¹ 1266
=
ba féile do,
TBC-LL¹ 1968
.
féliu,
1972
). Of persons
modest; chaste:
cedmuintera fialadh (= fiala) na tiagat
co cele atarruch ite mna annsin conoat a fele,
O'Curry 848
(<
H 3.18, 385b
).
(b) Of persons, well-bred, honourable,
noble
(used of both sexes apparently in older sense of Engl.
gentle or Ital. gentile of such traits of bearing and conduct
as reveal noble nature and nurture (see féle), passing gradually
into sense of
generous, hospitable
, the usual later and modern
meaning: f.¤ .i. maith, O'Cl.
cen ócdaine, cen aes ṁbaeth |
acht toga fer f.¤ fírgaeth,
SR 4590
.
techlach f.¤
,
IT i 145.5
.
munter ḟ.¤
,
TBC-LL¹ 5830
. in f.¤ Fer dá lethe the modest man F.
Fél. Dec. 4
.
la féil Flaind féil impir,
Dec. 15
. ger f.¤ Colaim
Cille ... adeirim ... feile goma sheacht Maodhócc that M.
is seven times as generous
BNnÉ 279.11
.
nīsfil fo grēin
fairind find fēil basid fēiliu,
ACL iii 297
.
ruirigh Cloinne
hEoghain ḟél,
AFM ii 962.10
(poem). v
s. m.
a Oisín ḟéil
,
Oss.
iv 10.8
. v
s. f.
a ingen ḟial
,
IT i 70.4
. pl. mairfit Ulaid a
sescach dar cend a n-aenig [ = n-enech], ar it fíala Ulaid
TBC-LL¹ 1758
.
cuslennaig ḟéil,
LL 29b45
. fēlithir dub-ēn `as
generous as a crow'
O'Mulc. 310
. cia as ḟéliu i nHerinn ? `most hospitable'
ZCP
iii 4 § 8
.
cūicer is féile frīth riam | budh ḟerr um brat is um
biad,
Acall. 2561
. Of things:
o Abēl, fīrīal a dath,
ZCP iii
18.23
<
Rawl. 68b52
(leg. fírḟíal ?). cét tinne ro ḟíala a
hundred generous flitches
LL 300b23
(
SG 371
). coibsen fiala
`sincere (frank) confessions'
Ériu ii 55 § 5
. robsat fiala
fairsinge a foirghneamha `
hospitable
'
MR 102z
.
brugh
fa f.¤ fá bhiadhaibh 's fá mhaoinibh,
Keat. Poems 861
.
Compds.: with subst.:
¤ainech
modest-faced (?), of
generous bearing (?): abair fris ba f. (
¤enech v.l.)
ZCP
xi 96 § 55
(as pred. =
honourable and generous ?).
¤goit:
Adharcán corn bói ac Diarmait | dobeirthea a fialghoit do
mhnáibh,
Acall. 136
(`generous drop ?' <Lat. gutta, Stokes;
= fíalghait
noble plunder i.e. wine ?).
¤garta
noble generosity:
Mugain ... rochren f. cen faill,
LU 1277
=
LL 145b21
.
¤maisse:
issi ar fialmasse iar fír | bith i fíadnaisse inn
ardríg,
LL 376a51
.
¤slat a noble scion:
ag fíalṡlait ḟóid
Eithne,
IGT, Decl. ex. 1124
. With adj., gen. forming
dwandwa-compds.:
¤chas
generous, curly-haired (?) one:
la Flann lasin f. ḟenech,
ZCP x 344 § 20
.
¤chorcra
modest-blushing:
a A., a ḟ.,
Acall. 6415
.
¤dána
generously bold (?):
Fiacha f.,
TBC-I¹ 2107
.
TBC-LL¹ 2823
.
¤garg
generous and
stern:
slóg ... na mac mór fialgharg,
Acall. 1996
.
¤nár
modestly-generous:
ba f. fria hathchuingid hé,
Acall. 2012
(`delicately generous'
SG ii 152
).
¤náirech id., ib. (v.l.).
superl.
fer ba fialnáirige roboí a nEirinn,
Acall.
7965
. With
adj. formed from subst.:
¤buidnech `of generous bands
':
Inber fialbuidneach Fele,
Leb. Gab.(i) i 272.21
.
¤chrechach:
flaith[ius] Fiachach fialchrechaig,
LL 127b47
(`the generous
raider'
MacCarthy 165
).
Cf. 3 fíal.