matal
Elkei
Noun
matal
References
- transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish matal, mattal, from Old Norse mǫttull (compare Icelandic möntull).
Noun
matal m (genitive singular matail, nominative plural matail)
Declension
Declension of matal
Synonyms
- (mantelpiece): clabhar
Derived terms
- clár matail (“mantelshelf”)
Mutation
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