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bigil.

vigil (eve of a religious festival)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbʲɪɟɪlʲ/
  1. vigil (eve of a religious festival)

    feminine
  2. abstinence (from certain foods on days of penitential observance)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From English vigil, from Middle English vigile (“a devotional watching”), from Old French vigile, from Latin vigilia (“wakefulness, watch”), from vigil (“awake”). Doublet of feighil.

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