Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish adall (“visit, meeting”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
adhall m (genitive singular adhaill)
- heat (condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate) (used primarily of dogs)
1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 4:ʒā ȷȧgəx aiəl̄ əŕ ə mitš ə n-ām, vērət šī kuən əníš.- [Dá dtagadh adhall ar an mbitch in am, bhéarfadh sí cuain anois.]
- If the bitch had come into heat in time, she’d have a litter now.
tā aiəl̄ əŕ ə mitš. tā n vitš fȳ aiəl̥̄.- [Tá adhall ar an mbitch. / Tá an bhitch faoi adhall.]
- The bitch is in heat.
Declension
Declension of adhall (first declension, no plural)
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Derived terms
- faoi adhall (“in heat, on heat”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of adhall
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eclipsis |
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with t-prothesis
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n-adhall
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hadhall
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t-adhall
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aḋall”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 4
- “adhall”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adhall”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “adhall”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025