áil

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See also: ail, ail-, -ail, àil, -áil, and Äil

Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Irish áil (act of asking; request, wish), from Proto-Celtic *yālos (praise, worship), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-lo- (zeal) (compare Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos)).

Noun[edit]

áil f (genitive singular ála, nominative plural ála)

  1. verbal noun of áil
  2. (literary) desire, wish
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

áil (present analytic áileann, future analytic áilfidh, verbal noun áil, past participle áilte)

  1. (transitive, literary) request, entreat
  2. (transitive, literary) desire, wish
Conjugation[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

áil m

  1. genitive singular of ál (litter; brood)

Mutation[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

Old Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • áill (before a dental consonant)

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *yālos (praise, worship), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-lo- (zeal) (compare Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos)).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

áil

  1. desire, wish (chiefly used in is áil do (to desire, wish))

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
áil unchanged n-áil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]