áil
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish áil (“act of asking; request, wish”), from Proto-Celtic *yālos (“praise, worship”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-lo- (“zeal”) (compare Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos)).
Noun edit
áil f (genitive singular ála, nominative plural ála)
- verbal noun of áil
- (literary) desire, wish
Declension edit
Declension of áil
Derived terms edit
- is áil le (“to desire, wish”)
Verb edit
áil (present analytic áileann, future analytic áilfidh, verbal noun áil, past participle áilte)
- (transitive, literary) request, entreat
- (transitive, literary) desire, wish
Conjugation edit
conjugation of áil (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
áil m
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
áil | n-áil | háil | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “áil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “áil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 58
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
- áill (before a dental consonant)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *yālos (“praise, worship”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-lo- (“zeal”) (compare Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
áil
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
áil | unchanged | n-áil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “áil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language