iall

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish íall.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

iall f (genitive singular éille, nominative plural iallacha)

  1. shoelace, bootlace, shoestring
    bróg éille ― laced boot, lace-up shoe
  2. thong (leather strip), strap
    iall spoir ― spur strap
  3. leash (long cord for animals), lead
    madra ar iall ― a dog on a leash
  4. flock (of birds flying in a line)

Declension

Declension of iall (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative iall iallacha
vocative a iall a iallacha
genitive éille iallacha
dative iall
éill (in certain phrases) 		iallacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an iall na hiallacha
genitive na héille na n-iallacha
dative leis an iall leis na hiallacha

Derived terms

  • barriall (“bootlace, shoelace”)
  • éillín (“brood, clutch”)
  • iall bhrád (“martingale”)
  • iallach (“thongs (collective); thonged”)
  • iallchrann (“sandal”)
  • iallóg (diminutive)
  • sail éille (“shillelagh”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of iall
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
iall n-iall hiall not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 íall ‘thong, strap’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 íall ‘flock or flight of birds’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 203, page 102
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 206, page 79

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish íall.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iəl̪ˠ/

Noun

iall f (genitive singular èille, plural iallan)

  1. strap, thong
  2. lace (of shoe or boot)
  3. leash, lead (for dog)

Synonyms

Mutation

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

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

Further reading

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