See also: ail, ail-, -ail, àil, -áil, and Äil

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)

  1. verbal noun of áil
  2. (literary) desire, wish
Declension edit
Derived terms edit

Verb edit

áil (present analytic áileann, future analytic áilfidh, verbal noun áil, past participle áilte)

  1. (transitive, literary) request, entreat
  2. (transitive, literary) desire, wish
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

áil m

  1. genitive singular of ál (litter; brood)

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
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

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

  1. desire, wish (chiefly used in is áil do (to desire, wish))

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
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