agaill

Irish

Etymology 1

Possibly derived from Old Irish acclaid (“act of fishing”)?

Noun

agaill f (genitive singular agaille, nominative plural agaillí)

1. earthworm

   Synonyms: anglach, cuideog, péist talún

2. cantankerous person

Declension

Declension of agaill (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative agaill agaillí vocative a agaill a agaillí genitive agaille agaillí dative agaill agaillí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an agaill na hagaillí genitive na hagaille na n-agaillí dative leis an agaill don agaill leis na hagaillí

• Alternative plural: agailleacha (sense 2)

Alternative forms

• agailt, angailt

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ad·gládathar (“address, speak to, converse with”).

Verb

agaill (present analytic agallann, future analytic agallfaidh, verbal noun agallamh, past participle agalltha)

1. (transitive) address, speak to, converse with
2. (transitive) interview
3. (transitive) Alternative form of agair (“plead, entreat; avenge, retribute; sue”)

Conjugation

conjugation of agaill (first conjugation – B)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	agallaim	agallann tú; agallair†	agallann sé, sí	agallaimid	agallann sibh	agallann siad; agallaid†	a agallann; a agallas / a n-agallann*	agalltar
	past	d'agall mé; d'agallas / agall mé‡; agallas‡	d'agall tú; d'agallais / agall tú‡; agallais‡	d'agall sé, sí / agall sé, sí‡	d'agallamar; d'agall muid / agallamar‡; agall muid‡	d'agall sibh; d'agallabhair / agall sibh‡; agallabhair‡	d'agall siad; d'agalladar / agall siad; agalladar‡	a d'agall / ar agall*	agalladh; hagalladh†
	past habitual	d'agallainn / agallainn‡; n-agallainn‡‡	d'agalltá / agalltá‡; n-agalltᇇ	d'agalladh sé, sí / agalladh sé, sí‡; n-agalladh sé, s퇇	d'agallaimis; d'agalladh muid / agallaimis‡; agalladh muid‡; n-agallaimis‡‡; n-agalladh muid‡‡	d'agalladh sibh / agalladh sibh‡; n-agalladh sibh‡‡	d'agallaidís; d'agalladh siad / agallaidís‡; agalladh siad‡; n-agallaidís‡‡; n-agalladh siad‡‡	a d'agalladh / a n-agalladh*	d'agalltaí / agalltaí‡; n-agallta퇇
future		agallfaidh mé; agallfad	agallfaidh tú; agallfair†	agallfaidh sé, sí	agallfaimid; agallfaidh muid	agallfaidh sibh	agallfaidh siad; agallfaid†	a agallfaidh; a agallfas / a n-agallfaidh*	agallfar
conditional		d'agallfainn / agallfainn‡; n-agallfainn‡‡	d'agallfá / agallfá‡; n-agallfᇇ	d'agallfadh sé, sí / agallfadh sé, sí‡; n-agallfadh sé, s퇇	d'agallfaimis; d'agallfadh muid / agallfaimis‡; agallfadh muid‡; n-agallfaimis‡‡; n-agallfadh muid‡‡	d'agallfadh sibh / agallfadh sibh‡; n-agallfadh sibh‡‡	d'agallfaidís; d'agallfadh siad / agallfaidís‡; agallfadh siad‡; n-agallfaidís‡‡; n-agallfadh siad‡‡	a d'agallfadh / a n-agallfadh*	d'agallfaí / agallfaí‡; n-agallfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go n-agalla mé; go n-agallad†	go n-agalla tú; go n-agallair†	go n-agalla sé, sí	go n-agallaimid; go n-agalla muid	go n-agalla sibh	go n-agalla siad; go n-agallaid†	—	go n-agalltar
	past	dá n-agallainn	dá n-agalltá	dá n-agalladh sé, sí	dá n-agallaimis; dá n-agalladh muid	dá n-agalladh sibh	dá n-agallaidís; dá n-agalladh siad	—	dá n-agalltaí
imperative		agallaim	agall	agalladh sé, sí	agallaimis	agallaigí; agallaidh†	agallaidís	—	agalltar
verbal noun		agallamh
past participle		agalltha

*indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

Alternative forms

• aigill

Mutation

Mutated forms of agaill

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
agaill	n-agaill	hagaill	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “agaill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “acclaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ad·gládathar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language