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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
falamh, empty, Ir. folamh, M. Ir. folum, E. Ir. folom, folomm; cf. O. W. guollung, M. Br. gollo, Br. goullo. Windisch derives the G. from lom, bare, but the modern aspiration of folamh makes this derivation doubtful. Ernault refers the Br. to the root of Lat. langueo.
falbh, go falbhan, moving about, walking, waving, Ir. foluamhain, bustling, running away, E. Ir. folúamain, flying; see fo and luainech. O. Ir. fulumain, volubilis, allied to Lat. volvo, Eng. wallow, would suit the phonetics best, but it does not appear in the later dialects. The verb falbh is made from falbhan. Hennessey referred the G. to falamh, empty. Cf. E. Ir. falmaigim, empty, quit (Zim.).
falbhair, the young of live stock, a follower as a calf or foal; from the Sc. follower, a foal, Eng. follower.
falcag, common auk, falc (Heb.); from Norse álka, Eng. auk.
fallaid, dry meal put on cakes:
fallain, healthy, Ir. falláin, E. Ir. follán; for fo+slàn, q.v.
fallsa, false (M'D.), Ir., M. Ir. fallsa; from the Lat. falsus.
falluing, a mantle, so Ir., M. Ir. fallaing, Latinised form phalingis (Geraldus), dat.pl., W. ffaling; from Lat. palla, mantle, pallium. Cf. O. Fr. pallion, M. Eng. pallioun. M.E. falding, sort of coarse cloth (Hend.).
fallus, sweat, Ir. fallus, allus, O. Ir. allas: *jasl, root jas, jes, seethe, yeast, W. jas, what pervades, Br. goell (= vo-jes-l), leaven; Eng. yeast, zeal; Gr. ζέω, boil.
falmadair, the tiller: "helm-worker", from falm, helm, from Norse hjálm, helm. See failm.
falmair, a kind of fish (H.S.D. for Heb.), falmaire, herring hake:
falman, kneepan:
falt, hair, Ir. folt, O. Ir. folt, W. gwallt, Cor. gols, caesaries, O. Br. guolt, *valto-s (Stokes), root vel, cover; Lat. vellus, fleece, lána, wool, Gr. λάσιος, hairy (= vlatios); Eng. wool; Lit. velti, hairs, threads. Stokes compares only Russ. volotǐ, thread, Lit. waltis, yarn, Gr. λάσιος. Same root as olann, wool, *vel, *vol, *ul.
faltan, a tendon, snood; for altan, from alt.
famhair, a giant, Ir. fomhor, pirate, giant, E. Ir. fomór, fomórach, a Fomorian, a mythic race of invaders of Ireland; *fo-mór, "sub-magnus" (Zimmer). Stokes refers the -mor, -morach, to the same origin as mare of nightmare, Ger. mahr, nightmare. Rhys interprets the name as "sub-marini", taking mor from the root of muir, sea. The ó of mór, if it is long (for it is rarely so marked) is against these last two derivations.
famhsgal, fannsgal, hurry, confusion (Arg.):
