Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *nowslom (a cry, shout), from Proto-Indo-European *newH- (to cry, roar) (compare Sanskrit नवते (návate, to roar) and Tocharian B nu- (to roar).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

núall n or m (genitive núaill)

  1. a loud noise
    • c. 808, Félire Oengusso, Ep. 405; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:
      Ar écnairc ind ríg-sa fris·n-agar a nnúall-sa, fa·rith asint sním-sa, in pauperán trúag-sa!
      For the sake of the king to whom this cry was made, help him out of this sadness, this wretched pauper!
  2. a cry of joy
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 51c9
      is in núall do·ngniat hó ru·maith for a náimtea remib
      it is the cry that they make when their enemies are defeated by them

Declension edit

Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative núallN núallN núallL, núalla
Vocative núallN núallN núallL, núalla
Accusative núallN núallN núallL, núalla
Genitive núaillL núall núallN
Dative núallL núallaib núallaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative núall núallL núaillL
Vocative núaill núallL núalluH
Accusative núallN núallL núalluH
Genitive núaillL núall núallN
Dative núallL núallaib núallaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants edit

  • Irish: nuall

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
núall
also nnúall after a proclitic
núall
pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit