aiteal

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

aiteal m (genitive singular aitil)

  1. juniper

Declension

Declension of aiteal (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative aiteal
vocative a aitil
genitive aitil
dative aiteal
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-aiteal
genitive an aitil
dative leis an aiteal
don aiteal

Synonyms

  • biora leacra
  • iúr binne
  • iúr creige

Derived terms

  • aiteal deilgneach (“prickly juniper”)
  • aiteal Féiniceach (“Phoenician juniper”)
  • aiteal peann luaidhe (“eastern red cedar”)
  • aiteal Síneach (“Chinese juniper”)
  • caor aitil (“juniper-berry”)
  • ola aitil (“oil of juniper”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aiteal
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aiteal n-aiteal haiteal t-aiteal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aiteal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “juniper”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • aitiol

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈaʰtʲʰəl̪ˠ/[1]

Noun

aiteal m (genitive singular aiteil, no plural)

  1. juniper (Juniperus communis)
  2. colour, gloss
  3. glimpse, transient view
  4. breeze
  5. very small portion or quantity of anything
  6. music
  7. light, gleam of light

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutation of aiteal
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aiteal n-aiteal h-aiteal t-aiteal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Jenny Ladefoged, Peter Ladefoged, Alice Turk, Kevin Hind (5 February 1996) “Word List for Scottish Gaelic (Great Bernera, Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland)”, in The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive‎[1], Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “aiteal”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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