Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish ofráil, from Anglo-Norman ofrir (from Vulgar Latin *offerīre, from Latin offerō) + -áil.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ofráil (present analytic ofrálann, future analytic ofrálfaidh, verbal noun ofráil, past participle ofráilte)

  1. to offer (present something as a gesture of worship)

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

ofráil f (genitive singular ofrála, nominative plural ofrálacha)

  1. verbal noun of ofráil
  2. (religious) offering

Declension edit

Mutation edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 8

Further reading edit