camall
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
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
Noun
camall m (genitive singular camaill, nominative plural camaill)
Declension
Declension of camall
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- camall Baictriach (“Bactrian camel”)
- camalóid (“high-backed, humped, animal; tall stooped person”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
camall | chamall | gcamall |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- 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
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