éigiall

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish éciall.[2] By surface analysis, éi- (“un-”) +‎ ciall (“sense”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːɟiəl̪ˠ/, (Ulster) [ˈei̯ɟiəl̪ˠ][3]

Noun

éigiall f (genitive singular éigéille)

  1. lack of reason

Declension

Declension of éigiall (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative éigiall
vocative a éigiall
genitive éigéille
dative éigiall
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an éigiall
genitive na héigéille
dative leis an éigiall
don éigiall

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of éigiall
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
éigiall n-éigiall héigiall 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. ^ “éigiall”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “éccíall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 431, page 139

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