áel
Middle Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish áel, perhaps from the same source as Proto-Germanic *ēlō (“awl”).[1] See also Sanskrit आरा (ārā, “shoemaker's knife”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
áel m
- trident
- meatfork, flesh-fork
- c. 1000, Anonymous, published in (1935) Rudolf Thurneysen, editor, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó (in Middle Irish), Dublin: Staionery Office, § 1, l. 13, page 2: “In fer no·t⟨h⟩ēged iarsint ṡligi do·bered in n-aēl isin coiri, ocus a·taibred din chētgabāil, iss ed no·ithed. ― Each man who came along the passage would put the flesh-fork into the cauldron, and whatever he got at the first taking, it was that which he ate. (literally, “The man who…”)”
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Middle Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
áel | unchanged | n-áel |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “áel”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 áel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
áel m
Inflection edit
Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | áel | áelL | aílL |
Vocative | aíl | áelL | áeluH |
Accusative | áelN | áelL | áeluH |
Genitive | aílL | áel | áelN |
Dative | áelL | áelaib | áelaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Matasović reconstructs a Proto-Celtic *ausetlom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“to scoop”),[1] but he does not explain how this word fails to leave any trace of au- or ó, the normal reflexes of Proto-Celtic *au- in Old Irish.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
áel n
- meat fork
Inflection edit
Neuter o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | áelN | áelN | áelL, áela |
Vocative | áelN | áelN | áelL, áela |
Accusative | áelN | áelN | áelL, áela |
Genitive | aïlL | áel | áelN |
Dative | aíulL | áelaib | áelaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
áel | unchanged | n-áel |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*awsetlo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 48
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 áel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language