maol
Estonian edit
Noun edit
maol
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish máel (“bald, hornless, blunt”),[1][2] from Proto-Celtic *mailos.
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /mˠeːl̪ˠ/, [mˠëːə̯l̪ˠ][3]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /mˠiːlˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /mˠiːlˠ/, (older) /mˠɯːlˠ/
Adjective edit
maol (genitive singular masculine maoil, genitive singular feminine maoile, plural maola, comparative maoile)
- bald
- bare
- unprotected
- Is maol gualainn gan bhráthair.
- It is not good to stand alone. (proverb)
- hornless
- cropped
- roofless, dismantled
- edgeless, blunt
- flattened; (geometry) obtuse
- (music, of tone) flat
- dense, obtuse
- late in day
- (intensifying)
- Bhí sé maol marbh.
- He was stone dead; he was in a dead faint.
Declension edit
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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 edit
Noun edit
maol m or f (genitive singular maoil or maoile, nominative plural maoil or maola)
Declension edit
- Alternative declension
Derived terms edit
- maol dúbailte (“double flat”)
- maol fuar (“webworm”)
Noun edit
maol f (genitive singular maoile)
- Alternative form of maoil (“hillock”)
Declension edit
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Verb edit
maol (present analytic maolann, future analytic maolfaidh, verbal noun maoladh, past participle maoltha)
- Alternative form of maolaigh
Conjugation edit
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
maol | mhaol | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 mael ‘crop-headed’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 mael ‘cropped head’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 29
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish máel (“bald, hornless, blunt”), from Proto-Celtic *mailos.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
maol
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
maol | mhaol |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “maol”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 mael”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language