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neul

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Afrikaans

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Verb

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neul (present neul, present participle neulende, past participle geneul)

  1. to whine
    • 2003, Dalene Matthee, Toorbos, Tafelberg, page 104:
      Maar hy bly neul oor stinkhout. Sê die bos moet oorgeplant word met stinkhout waar dit uitgekap is.
      But he continues whining for black stinkwood. Says the forest has to be replanted with black stinkwood wherever it's been cut down.

Irish

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Noun

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neul m (genitive singular néil, nominative plural neulta)

  1. Obsolete spelling of néal.

Declension

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Declension of neul (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative neul neulta
vocative a néil a neulta
genitive néil neulta
dative neul neulta
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an neul na neulta
genitive an néil na neulta
dative leis an neul
don neul
leis na neulta

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish nél, as also Irish néal. Cognate with Welsh niwl; a Celtic loanword either from Vulgar Latin *nībulus, a modification of Latin nūbilus (cloudy), or from Proto-Germanic *nebulaz (cloud, mist). It cannot come from a Proto-Celtic form with *-bl-, as this cluster remained in Old Irish (e.g. mebul (shame) from *meblā).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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neul m (genitive singular neòil, plural neòil)

  1. cloud
  2. giddiness, faint, swoon
    Thuit i na neul.
    She fell in a faint.
  3. complexion
  4. blemish

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, page 79; reprinted 2017