inneall

Irish

Alternative forms

• ainligh

Etymology

From Old Irish indell. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic inneal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪn̠ʲəl̪ˠ/

Noun

inneall m or f (genitive singular innill, nominative plural innill)

1. arrangement, adjustment; order, array
2. furnishings, trappings; attire, dress
3. (proper) state, condition
4. contrivance, trap, snare
5. machine, engine
6. verbal noun of innill

Declension

Declension of inneall (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative inneall innill vocative a innill a innealla genitive innill inneall dative inneall innill forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-inneall na hinnill genitive an innill na n-inneall dative leis an inneall don inneall leis na hinnill

Synonyms

• gléas
• meaisín
• ord
• socrú
• troscán

Derived terms

• cló-inneall m (“printing-machine”)
• cochall innill (“engine cowl”)
• cumhdach innill (“machine-shield”)
• feighlí inneall (“machine-minder”)
• inneall bainte m (“reaping-machine”)
• inneall brúite m (“crushing machine”)
• inneall buailte m (“threshing-machine”)
• inneall cniotála m (“knitting-machine”)
• inneall crochta m (“outboard engine”)
• inneall crúite m (“milking-machine”)
• inneall cúnta m (“relief engine”)
• inneall dóiteáin m (“fire-engine”)
• inneall fuála m (“sewing-machine”)
• inneall gaile m (“steam-engine”)
• inneall gáis m (“gas-engine”)
• inneall gluaisteáin m (“car engine”)
• inneall imeachta m (“travelling equipment”)
• inneall línechló m (“linotype”)
• inneall meilte m (“crushing-machine, crusher”)
• inneall mórluais m (“high-speed engine”)
• inneall neamhdhlúite m (“non-condensing engine”)
• inneall níocháin m (“washing machine”)
• inneall píolótaíochta m (“pilot-engine”)
• inneall suain m (“sleeping facilities”)
• inneall taosctha m (“pumping-engine”)
• inneall tarraingthe m (“traction-engine”)
• inneall tí m (“house furnishings”)
• inneall umair m (“tank engine”)
• inneallach (“mechanical”, adjective)
• inneallbhainte (“dug, reaped, cut, by machine”, adjective)
• innealldéanta (“machine-made”, adjective)
• innealldeilte (“machine-turned”, adjective)
• inneallfhuaigh (“machine-sew”, verb)
• inneallghluaiste (“mechanically propelled”, adjective)
• inneallghrean (“engine-turn”, verb)
• innealra m (“machinery, (mechanical) equipment”)
• innealtóir m (“engineer”)
• iompar innill (“engine frame”)
• leaba innill (“engine bed”)
• meá-inneall m (“weighing-machine”)
• mionpháirt innill (“engine detail”)
• ola innill (“engine oil”)
• seol innill (“power-loom”)
• tiománaí innill m (“engine-driver”)

Related terms

• innealtóireacht f (“engineering”)
• innill (“to arrange”, verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of inneall

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
inneall	n-inneall	hinneall	t-inneall

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) “inneall”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 399
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “inneall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN