camall

Irish

Alternative forms

• cámhall

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman camel, from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), from Proto-Semitic *gamal-; compare Arabic جَمَل (jamal) and Hebrew גָּמָל (gamál).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkamˠəl̪ˠ/

Noun

camall m (genitive singular camaill, nominative plural camaill)

1. camel

Declension

Declension of camall

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative camall camaill Vocative a chamaill a chamalla Genitive camaill camall Dative camall camaill

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an camall na camaill Genitive an chamaill na gcamall Dative leis an gcamall don chamall leis na camaill

Derived terms

• camall Baictriach (“Bactrian camel”)
• camalóid (“high-backed, humped, animal; tall stooped person”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
camall	chamall	gcamall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “camall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “camall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “caṁall”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 111