aoibheall

Irish

Alternative forms

• guidheall

Etymology

From Middle Irish oíbell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːvʲəl̪ˠ/

Noun

aoibheall m (genitive singular aoibhill)

1. (act of) gambolling, gadding

Declension

Declension of aoibheall (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative aoibheall vocative a aoibhill genitive aoibhill dative aoibheall forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-aoibheall genitive an aoibhill dative leis an aoibheall don aoibheall

Derived terms

• aoibheallach (“pleasant”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aoibheall

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aoibheall	n-aoibheall	haoibheall	t-aoibheall

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aoibheall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 48