aoibheall

Irish

Alternative forms

• guidheall

Etymology

From Middle Irish oíbell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːvʲəl̪ˠ/

Noun

aoibheall m (genitive singular aoibhill)

1. (act of) gambolling, gadding

Declension

Declension of aoibheall

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative aoibheall Vocative a aoibhill Genitive aoibhill Dative aoibheall

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-aoibheall Genitive an aoibhill Dative leis an aoibheall don aoibheall

Derived terms

• aoibheallach (“pleasant”, adjective)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aoibheall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 48