Meaning of -áil | Babel Free

Definitions

1. suffix used to form verbal nouns
   feminine, morpheme
2. suffix used productively to form denominative verbs and their associated verbal nouns
   morpheme

Examples

“fáil, formerly spelled fagháil, verbal noun of faigh (“to get”)”

“gabháil, verbal noun of gabh (“to take”)”

“iarann (“iron”) + -áil → iarnáil (“to iron”)”

“spág (“a big, clumsy foot”) + -áil → spágáil (“to shamble, trudge”)”

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