peall

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /pʲaul̪ˠ/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /pʲɑːl̪ˠ/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /pʲal̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish pell (“an animal's skin or fur, hence a rug or blanket, generally one for sleeping on”), borrowed from Latin pellis, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”).

Noun

peall m (genitive singular pill, nominative plural pill)

1. pelt, skin, hide

   Synonyms: craiceann, seithe

2. rug, blanket; pallet
3. piece of coarse cloth

Declension

Declension of peall

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative peall pill Vocative a phill a phealla Genitive pill peall Dative peall pill

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an peall na pill Genitive an phill na bpeall Dative leis an bpeall don pheall leis na pill

Derived terms

• peallach
• peallóg

Etymology 2

From Old Irish pell, fell (“horse”).

Noun

peall m (genitive singular pill or peill, nominative plural pill)

1. (literary) horse

   Synonym: marc

Declension

Declension of peall

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative peall pill Vocative a phill a phealla Genitive pill peall Dative peall pill

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an peall na pill Genitive an phill na bpeall Dative leis an bpeall don pheall leis na pill

Derived terms

• púca peill

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
peall	pheall	bpeall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “peall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 pell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 pell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “peall”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰjaul̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish pell m (“an animal's skin or fur, hence a rug or blanket, generally one for sleeping on”), borrowed from Latin pellis, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”).

Noun

peall m (genitive singular pill, plural peallan or pillean)

1. hairy skin, hide
2. couch, pallet
3. veil, covering, coverlet
4. bunch of matted hair
5. mat
6. (Lewis) tarpaulin

Verb

peall (past pheall, future peallaidh, verbal noun pealladh, past participle peallte)

1. cover
2. pull asunder, pluck, tear in pieces
3. clot, mat (as wool)
4. tease

Etymology 2

From Old Irish pell, fell m (“horse”).

Noun

peall m (genitive singular pill, plural peallan or pillean)

1. horse

Derived terms

• peallag f (“shaggy hide or skin; little bunch of hair; clout; little coach or pallet; little covering; trollop, ill-dressed or ragged woman; little mat or rug; hassock; umbrella; coarse harness, primitive or ill-kept harness; cart harness; inferior wool; mat of straw; bass; sort of under pack-saddle; coarse blanket”)
• pillean m (“pack-saddle; cloth put under a pannel, cushion, pad; hassock”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
peall	pheall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “peall”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 pell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 pell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language