aill

See also: àill and áill

Irish

Alternative forms

• all, faill

Etymology

From Old Irish all (“cliff”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸallo-, from Proto-Indo-European *pels- (“stone”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɑilʲ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ɑːl̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the alternative form all)
• (Connemara) IPA^(key): /ɑːl̠ʲ/

Noun

aill f (genitive singular aille, nominative plural aillte or alltracha)

1. (geography) cliff, precipice

   stuaic aille ― the tip of a cliff

   ar bharr na haille ― on the top of the cliff

   Aillte an Mhothair ― the Cliffs of Moher

   Is é airde na haille sin, chuala mise, trí chéad troigh.

   The height of that cliff, I have heard, is three hundred feet.

   Is é ainm na haille sin Aill na nGlasóg.

   The name of that cliff is Glassan Rock.

Declension

Declension of aill (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aill aillte vocative a aill a aillte genitive aille aillte dative aill aillte forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an aill na haillte genitive na haille na n-aillte dative leis an aill don aill leis na haillte

• Alternative plurals: aillteacha, ailltreacha, allracha

Derived terms

• ailleadóir

Related terms

• ail
• ailt

Mutation

Mutated forms of aill

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aill	n-aill	haill	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “fallo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 120–21
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 all”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aill”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 10
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “all”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 23
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aill”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “aill”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Middle Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al͈ʲ/

Adjective

aill

1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of aile

Mutation

Mutation of aill

radical	lenition	nasalization
aill	unchanged	n-aill

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

Old Irish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al͈ʲ/

Adjective

aill

1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of aile

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːl͈ʲ/

Noun

aill

1. Alternative spelling of áill

Mutation

Mutation of aill

radical	lenition	nasalization
aill (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-aill

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