nuall
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish núall, from Proto-Celtic *nowslom (“a cry, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *newH- (“to cry, roar”) (compare Sanskrit नवते (návate, “to roar”) and Tocharian B nu- (“to roar”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n̪ˠuəl̪ˠ/
Noun
nuall m (genitive singular nuaill) (literary)
Declension
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Further reading
- “nuall”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 núall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “nuall”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 522
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*now-slo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 292
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “nuall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Old Irish
Noun
nuall n or m
- alternative spelling of núall
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| nuall also nnuall in h-prothesis environments |
nuall pronounced with /n-/ |
nuall also nnuall |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.