eireaball

Irish

Alternative forms

• earball, iorball, rioball, ruball

Etymology

From Old Irish erball, from Proto-Celtic *ballos (“penis, member”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɾʲəbˠəl̪ˠ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠɨbˠəl̪ˠ/ (corresponding to alternative form rioball)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠʌbˠəl̪ˠ/ (corresponding to alternative form ruball); /ˈɾˠɨbˠəl̪ˠ/ (corresponding to alternative form rioball)

Noun

eireaball m (genitive singular eireabaill, nominative plural eireabaill)

1. tail (of animal, comet, etc.)
2. (tail) end
3. (music) tail, stem (of note)

   Synonym: eireaball nóta

4. (computing) trailer

Declension

Declension of eireaball

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative eireaball eireabaill Vocative a eireabaill a eireaballa Genitive eireabaill eireaball Dative eireaball eireabaill

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-eireaball na heireabaill Genitive an eireabaill na n-eireaball Dative leis an eireaball don eireaball leis na heireabaill

Derived terms

• casóg eireabaill (“swallow-tail coat”)
• cóta eireabaill (“swallow-tail coat”)
• eireaball cait (“cat's-tail, reed-mace”)
• eireaball capaill (“horsetail”)
• eireaball cóiméid (“tail (of a comet)”)
• eireaball dreige (“trail of meteor”)
• eireaballach (“tailed; caudal”, adjective)
• eireaballán (“tail-piece”)
• gearreireaballach (“short-tailed”, adjective)
• péist eireabaill (“tailworm (in cattle)”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eireaball”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “eireaball”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “eireaball”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024