fuiling

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• (dated) fulaing

Etymology

From Old Irish fo·loing, from fo- + Proto-Celtic *lungo- (“put, place”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”).

Verb

fuiling (past dh'fhuiling, future fuilingidh, verbal noun fulang, past participle fuilingte)

1. suffer, endure, undergo
2. tolerate, stand, sustain
3. permit, allow
4. bear

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “fuiling”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN