camall
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Anglo-Norman camel, from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), from Proto-Semitic *gamal-; compare Arabic جَمَل (jamal) and Hebrew גָּמָל (gamál).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]camall m (genitive singular camaill, nominative plural camaill)
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- camall Baictriach (“Bactrian camel”)
- camalóid (“high-backed, humped, animal; tall stooped person”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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camall | chamall | gcamall |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “camall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “camall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “caṁall”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 111