earball

English

Etymology

ear +‎ ball

Noun

earball (plural earballs)

1. (acupuncture) A small ball kept in position in the ear and pressed when needed to relieve stress.

Anagrams

• bare all

Irish

Noun

earball m (genitive singular earbaill, nominative plural earbaill)

1. Alternative form of eireaball

Declension

Declension of earball

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative earball earbaill Vocative a earbaill a earballa Genitive earbaill earball Dative earball earbaill

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-earball na hearbaill Genitive an earbaill na n-earball Dative leis an earball don earball leis na hearbaill

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “earball”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “earball”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 278

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish erball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɾɛpəl̪ˠ/

Noun

earball m (genitive singular earbaill, plural earbaill)

1. a tail

   earball an eich ― paddock-pipe, horsetail

   bun an earbaill ― the rump

   earball sguabach ― a bushy tail

2. (informal, humorous) train of a dress

Derived terms

• earball an eich (“horsetail”)
• earball na misge (“hangover”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “earball”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “erball”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language