armáil

Irish

Etymology

From arm +‎ -áil.

Verb

armáil (present analytic armálann, future analytic armálfaidh, verbal noun armáil, past participle armáilte)

  1. (transitive) arm

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • dí-armáil (disarm, verb)

Noun

armáil f (genitive singular armála, nominative plural armálacha)

  1. verbal noun of armáil
  2. armament
  3. (literary) army

Declension

Declension of armáil (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative armáil armálacha
vocative a armáil a armálacha
genitive armála armálacha
dative armáil armálacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an armáil na harmálacha
genitive na harmála na n-armálacha
dative leis an armáil
don armáil
leis na harmálacha

Derived terms

  • dí-armáil (disarmament)

Mutation

Mutated forms of armáil
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
armáil n-armáil harmáil not applicable

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) “armáil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • arm”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • armament”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • weaponisation”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • weaponise”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025