Máel

See also: mael, Mael, Maël, máel, mæl, and mäl

Old Irish

Etymology

From máel (“servant, devout follower”).

Proper noun

Máel m

1. As a name element, indicates a specific object of devotion
   • e.g., Mael Phádraic, Mael Ísa

Mutation

Mutation of Máel

radical	lenition	nasalization
Máel also Mmáel after a proclitic ending in a vowel	Máel pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.