abhaill
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish aball, from Proto-Celtic *abalnā, from the same root as úll. The form abhaill was originally the dative singular of abhall, but is now widely used as the nominative as well.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]abhaill f (genitive singular abhla, nominative plural abhlacha)
Declension
[edit]Declension of abhaill
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Related terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
abhaill | n-abhaill | habhaill | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abhaill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “aḃall”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 142, page 56
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aball”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “abhaill”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “abhaill”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024