earball

English

Etymology

From ear +‎ ball.

Noun

earball (plural earballs)

1. (acupuncture) A small ball kept in position in the ear and pressed when needed to relieve stress.

Anagrams

• bare all

Irish

Noun

earball m (genitive singular earbaill, nominative plural earbaill)

1. Alternative form of eireaball

Declension

Declension of earball (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative earball earbaill vocative a earbaill a earballa genitive earbaill earball dative earball earbaill forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-earball na hearbaill genitive an earbaill na n-earball dative leis an earball don earball leis na hearbaill

Mutation

Mutated forms of earball

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
earball	n-earball	hearball	t-earball

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) “earball”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “earball”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 278

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• earaball, iorball, urball
• (metathesised) ealabar, ulabar

Etymology

From Old Irish erball.

Pronunciation

• (Lewis, Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈɯɾɯpəl̪ˠ/
• (Barra, Tiree) IPA^(key): [ˈʉɾʉpəl̪ˠ]
• (Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈuɾupəl̪ˠ/, /ˈɛɾɛpəl̪ˠ/

Noun

earball m (genitive singular earbaill, plural earbaill)

1. a tail

   earball an eich ― paddock-pipe, horsetail

   bun an earbaill ― the rump

   earball sguabach ― a bushy tail

2. (informal, humorous) train of a dress

Derived terms

• earball an eich (“horsetail”)
• earball na misge (“hangover”)

Mutation

Mutation of earball

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
earball	n-earball	h-earball	t-earball

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “earball”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC