maill

Irish

Noun

maill f (genitive singular maille, nominative plural mailleanna)

1. Archaic form of moill (“delay, hindrance”).

Declension

Declension of maill (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative maill mailleanna vocative a mhaill a mhailleanna genitive maille mailleanna dative maill mailleanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mhaill na mailleanna genitive na maille na mailleanna dative leis an maill don mhaill leis na mailleanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of maill

radical	lenition	eclipsis
maill	mhaill	not applicable

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

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English mal, male from Old English māl (“speech, contract, agreement”) from Old Norse mál (“agreement, speech, lawsuit”). Cognate with English mail (“monetary payment; rent; tax”).

Noun

maill (plural maills)

1. (historical) mail (monetary payment or tribute; rent; tax)