adhall

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish adall.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈəiəl̪ˠ]

Noun

adhall m (genitive adhaill)

1. heat (condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate) (used primarily of dogs)

   Dá dtagadh adhall ar a mbitch in am, bhéarfadh sí cuain anois.

   If the bitch had come into heat in time, she'd have a litter now.

   Tá an bhitch faoi adhall.

   The bitch is in heat.

Declension

Declension of adhall

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative adhall Vocative a adhaill Genitive adhaill Dative adhall

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-adhall Genitive an adhaill Dative leis an adhall don adhall

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhall	n-adhall	hadhall	t-adhall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, vol. II, 4.