iall

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish íall.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iəl̪ˠ/

Noun

iall f (genitive singular éille, nominative plural iallacha)

1. shoelace, bootlace, shoestring

   bróg éille ― laced boot, lace-up shoe

2. thong (leather strip), strap

   iall spoir ― spur strap

3. leash (long cord for animals), lead

   madra ar iall ― a dog on a leash

4. flock (of birds flying in a line)

Declension

Declension of iall (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative iall iallacha vocative a iall a iallacha genitive éille iallacha dative iall éill (in certain phrases) iallacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an iall na hiallacha genitive na héille na n-iallacha dative leis an iall leis na hiallacha

Derived terms

• barriall (“bootlace, shoelace”)
• éillín (“brood, clutch”)
• iall bhrád (“martingale”)
• iallach (“thongs (collective); thonged”)
• iallchrann (“sandal”)
• iallóg (diminutive)
• sail éille (“shillelagh”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of iall

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iall	n-iall	hiall	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

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “iall”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 390
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish íall.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iəl̪ˠ/

Noun

iall f (genitive singular èille, plural iallan)

1. strap, thong
2. lace (of shoe or boot)
3. leash, lead (for dog)

Synonyms

• (shoelace, bootlace): barrall
• (leash): lomhainn

Mutation

Mutation of iall

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

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 íall ‘thong, strap’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language