maoil

See also: Maoil

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mˠiːlʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish mael.

Noun

maoil f (genitive singular maoile, nominative plural maoileanna)

1. rounded summit, hillock, knoll
2. bare or bald top, bald spot
3. contents heaped above the rim of a receptacle

Declension

Declension of maoil

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative maoil maoileanna Vocative a mhaoil a mhaoileanna Genitive maoile maoileanna Dative maoil maoileanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an mhaoil na maoileanna Genitive na maoile na maoileanna Dative leis an maoil don mhaoil leis na maoileanna

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maoil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 48

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

maoil

1. inflection of maol:
   1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
   2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

Noun

maoil

1. inflection of maol:
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/vocative/dative plural

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
maoil	mhaoil	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.