áille
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- áilne (obsolete spelling; both noun and adjective)
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Irish áilde, áilne, áille (“beauty”), from álaind (“beautiful”) (modern álainn).
Noun[edit]
áille f (genitive singular áille)
Declension[edit]
Declension of áille
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Related terms[edit]
- álainn (“beautiful”, adjective)
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective[edit]
áille
- inflection of álainn (“beautiful”):
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
áille | n-áille | háille | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “áille”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “áille”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “áille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “áille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language