nél

See also: nel, Nel, ńel, and -nél

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *neblos (compare Proto-Germanic *nebulaz (“fog, mist”)), from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n͈ʲeːl/

Noun

nél m (genitive niúil, nominative plural niúil)

1. cloud

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	nél	nélL	niúilL
Vocative	niúil	nélL	níuluH
Accusative	nélN	nélL	níuluH
Genitive	niúilL	nél	nélN
Dative	níulL	nélaib	nélaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: néal
• Scottish Gaelic: neul

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “nél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language