luail

Irish

Alternative forms

• luaghail
• luaghaill
• luaghal
• luaghall

Etymology

From Old Irish lúagal f (“movement, motion, activity, work; power of movement, vigour, energy; impulse, mental tendency”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̪ˠuəlʲ/

Noun

luail f (genitive singular luaile, nominative plural luailí)

1. (act of) moving; motion, activity

Declension

Declension of luail

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative luail luailí Vocative a luail a luailí Genitive luaile luailí Dative luail luailí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an luail na luailí Genitive na luaile na luailí Dative leis an luail don luail leis na luailí

Derived terms

• ar luail (“in motion”)
• bheith gan luail (“to be unable to move about, without vigour”)
• luailchorna m (“moving coil”)
• luaileach (“restless; motor”, adj)
• luailiarainn (“moving-iron”, gs. as attributive adj.)
• máistreacht luaile f (“control of movement”)
• néaróg luaile f (“motor nerve”)

 

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “luail”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lúagal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language