Máel

See also: mael, Mael, Maël, máel, mæl, and mäl

Old Irish

Etymology

From máel (“servant, devout follower”).

Proper noun

Máel m

1. As a name element, indicates a specific object of devotion
   • e.g., Mael Phádraic, Mael Ísa

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
Máel also Mmáel after a proclitic	Máel pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.