abhaill
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish aball, from Proto-Celtic *abalnā, from the same root as úll. The form abhaill was originally the dative singular of abhall, but is now widely used as the nominative as well.
Pronunciation
Noun
abhaill f (genitive singular abhla, nominative plural abhlacha)
Declension
Declension of abhaill
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Related terms
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
abhaill | n-abhaill | habhaill | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abhaill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Template:R:ga:Dinneen
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 142, page 56
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aball”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “abhaill”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “abhaill”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024