matal

Elkei

Noun

matal

1. woman

References

• transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish matal, mattal, from Old Norse mǫttull (compare Icelandic möntull).

Noun

matal m (genitive singular matail, nominative plural matail)

1. (literary) mantle, cloak
2. mantelpiece

Declension

Declension of matal

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative matal matail Vocative a mhatail a mhatala Genitive matail matal Dative matal matail

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an matal na matail Genitive an mhatail na matal Dative leis an matal don mhatal leis na matail

Synonyms

• (mantelpiece): clabhar

Derived terms

• clár matail (“mantelshelf”)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “matal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “matal, mattal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language