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==Old Irish== |
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===Etymology=== |
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From {{proto|Celtic|mailo-|lang=ga}}. |
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===Adjective=== |
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{{head|ga|adjective}} |
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# [[bald]], [[bare]], [[shaved]], [[shorn]], [[tonsured]]. |
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## (pre-Christian) A [[slave]]. |
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## (after the introduction of Christianity to Ireland) [[devoted]] (to God or a given [[saint]]) |
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# Of cattle, [[hornless]]. |
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# [[blunt]], [[flattened]], [[obtuse]], [[pointless]]. |
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# Of places, [[bare]], [[exposed]], [[defenceless]]. |
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===Noun=== |
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{{head|ga|noun|g=m}} |
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# A [[head]] or [[shaved]] head. |
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# [[bare]] or [[blunt]] object. |
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# A rounded or [[convex]] surface; a flat-topped [[hillock]]. |
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===Proper Noun=== |
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# As a name element, indicates a specific object of devotion |
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#* eg., '''''Mael''' Phádraic'', '''''Mael''' Ísa'' |
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====Derived terms==== |
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* {{term|maol|lang=ga}} |
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* {{term|maol|lang=gd}} |
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===References=== |
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* {{R:DIL}} |
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==Welsh== |
==Welsh== |
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Revision as of 06:46, 1 March 2012
Old Irish
Etymology
From Template:proto.
Adjective
mael
- bald, bare, shaved, shorn, tonsured.
- Of cattle, hornless.
- blunt, flattened, obtuse, pointless.
- Of places, bare, exposed, defenceless.
Noun
mael m
Proper Noun
- As a name element, indicates a specific object of devotion
- eg., Mael Phádraic, Mael Ísa
Derived terms
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mael”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Welsh
Noun
mael