ampaill

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ampaill f (“flask; pyx”), from Latin ampulla f (“two-handled vessel with a swollen middle”).

Noun

ampaill f (genitive singular ampaille, nominative plural ampaillí)

1. ampulla

Declension

Declension of ampaill

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ampaill ampaillí Vocative a ampaill a ampaillí Genitive ampaille ampaillí Dative ampaill ampaillí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ampaill na hampaillí Genitive na hampaille na n-ampaillí Dative leis an ampaill don ampaill leis na hampaillí

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ampaill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ampaill”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language