maol

Estonian

Noun

maol

1. adessive singular of madu

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish máel (“bald, hornless, blunt”), from Proto-Celtic *mailos.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠeːl̪ˠ/, [mˠëːə̯l̪ˠ]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /mˠiːlˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /mˠiːlˠ/, (older) /mˠɯːlˠ/

Adjective

maol (genitive singular masculine maoil, genitive singular feminine maoile, plural maola, comparative maoile)

1. bald
2. bare
3. unprotected

   Is maol gualainn gan bhráthair.

   It is not good to stand alone. (proverb)

4. hornless
5. cropped
6. roofless, dismantled
7. edgeless, blunt
8. flattened; (geometry) obtuse
9. (music, of tone) flat
10. dense, obtuse
11. late in day
12. (intensifying)

    Bhí sé maol marbh.

    He was stone dead; he was in a dead faint.

Declension

Declension of maol

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	maol	mhaol	maola; mhaola2
vocative	mhaoil		maola
genitive		maoile	maola	maol
dative	maol; mhaol1	mhaol; mhaoil (archaic)	maola; mhaola2
Comparative	níos maoile
Superlative	is maoile

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• maoil (“hillock”)
• maoile (“baldness”)
• maoilín
• maolagán (“person with cropped hair”)
• maolaigh (“to make or become bald”)
• maolbhriste
• Maolcheann (“Roundhead”)

Noun

maol m or f (genitive singular maoil or maoile, nominative plural maoil or maola)

1. bare, bald object
2. (literary) devotee
3. servant
4. blunt object
5. dense, obtuse, person.
6. (music) flat

Declension

Declension of maol (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative maol maoil vocative a mhaoil a mhaola genitive maoil maol dative maol maoil forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an maol na maoil genitive an mhaoil na maol dative leis an maol don mhaol leis na maoil

Alternative declension

Declension of maol (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative maol maola vocative a mhaol a mhaola genitive maoile maol dative maol maola forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mhaol na maola genitive na maoile na maol dative leis an maol don mhaol leis na maola

Derived terms

• maol dúbailte (“double flat”)
• maol fuar (“webworm”)

Noun

maol f (genitive singular maoile)

1. Alternative form of maoil (“hillock”)

Declension

Declension of maol (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative maol vocative a mhaol genitive maoile dative maol forms with the definite article case singular nominative an mhaol genitive na maoile dative leis an maol don mhaol

Verb

maol (present analytic maolann, future analytic maolfaidh, verbal noun maoladh, past participle maoltha)

1. Alternative form of maolaigh

Conjugation

conjugation of maol (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	maolaim	maolann tú; maolair†	maolann sé, sí	maolaimid	maolann sibh	maolann siad; maolaid†	a mhaolann; a mhaolas / a maolann*	maoltar
	past	mhaol mé; mhaolas	mhaol tú; mhaolais	mhaol sé, sí	mhaolamar; mhaol muid	mhaol sibh; mhaolabhair	mhaol siad; mhaoladar	a mhaol / ar mhaol*	maoladh
	past habitual	mhaolainn / maolainn‡‡	mhaoltá / maoltᇇ	mhaoladh sé, sí / maoladh sé, s퇇	mhaolaimis; mhaoladh muid / maolaimis‡‡; maoladh muid‡‡	mhaoladh sibh / maoladh sibh‡‡	mhaolaidís; mhaoladh siad / maolaidís‡‡; maoladh siad‡‡	a mhaoladh / a maoladh*	mhaoltaí / maolta퇇
future		maolfaidh mé; maolfad	maolfaidh tú; maolfair†	maolfaidh sé, sí	maolfaimid; maolfaidh muid	maolfaidh sibh	maolfaidh siad; maolfaid†	a mhaolfaidh; a mhaolfas / a maolfaidh*	maolfar
conditional		mhaolfainn / maolfainn‡‡	mhaolfá / maolfᇇ	mhaolfadh sé, sí / maolfadh sé, s퇇	mhaolfaimis; mhaolfadh muid / maolfaimis‡‡; maolfadh muid‡‡	mhaolfadh sibh / maolfadh sibh‡‡	mhaolfaidís; mhaolfadh siad / maolfaidís‡‡; maolfadh siad‡‡	a mhaolfadh / a maolfadh*	mhaolfaí / maolfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go maola mé; go maolad†	go maola tú; go maolair†	go maola sé, sí	go maolaimid; go maola muid	go maola sibh	go maola siad; go maolaid†	—	go maoltar
	past	dá maolainn	dá maoltá	dá maoladh sé, sí	dá maolaimis; dá maoladh muid	dá maoladh sibh	dá maolaidís; dá maoladh siad	—	dá maoltaí
imperative		maolaim	maol	maoladh sé, sí	maolaimis	maolaigí; maolaidh†	maolaidís	—	maoltar
verbal noun		maoladh
past participle		maolta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of maol

radical	lenition	eclipsis
maol	mhaol	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish máel (“bald, hornless, blunt”), from Proto-Celtic *mailos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɯːɫ̪/

Adjective

maol

1. bald (head etc)
2. hornless
3. blunt (razor etc)
4. (music) flat

Derived terms

• bò mhaol odhar agus bò odhar mhaol

Mutation

Mutation of maol

radical	lenition
maol	mhaol

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) “maol”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 mael”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language