míol

See also: miol

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish míl, from Proto-Celtic *mīlom (compare Welsh mil), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (compare Dutch maal (“calf”), Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, “sheep”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʲiːlˠ/
• IPA^(key): /mʲiːl/

Noun

míol m (genitive singular míl, nominative plural míolta)

1. animal
2. creature
3. insect
4. louse

Declension

Declension of míol

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative míol míolta Vocative a mhíl a mhíolta Genitive míl míolta Dative míol míolta

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an míol na míolta Genitive an mhíl na míolta Dative leis an míol don mhíol leis na míolta

• Variant plural: míola

Derived terms

• margadh na míol (“flea market”)
• míol buí, míol má (“hare”)
• míol ceartáin, míol crúbach, míol gríofa (“crab louse”)
• míol cnis (“louse”)
• míol corr (“midge”)
• míol críon (“woodworm; shipworm; woodlouse”)
• míol fíniúna (“phylloxera”)
• míol fómhair (“harvest mite”)
• míol gorm (“blue whale; water flea”)
• míol leapa (“bed bug”)
• míol mór (“whale”)
• míol plandaí (“aphid”)
• míol trá (“sand flea”)
• míol-bhitheolaíocht (“zoobiology”)
• míolchruthach (“zoomorphic”, adjective)
• míolsiorc (“whale shark”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
míol	mhíol	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) “míol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “míol”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “míol”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024