abhaill

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish aball,[1] from Proto-Celtic *abalnā, from the same root as úll. The form abhaill was originally the dative singular of abhall, but is now widely used as the nominative as well.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈəuwəl̠ʲ/[2]

Noun

abhaill f (genitive singular abhla, nominative plural abhlacha)

  1. apple tree

Declension

Declension of abhaill (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative abhaill abhlacha
vocative a abhaill a abhlacha
genitive abhla abhlacha
dative abhaill abhlacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an abhaill na habhlacha
genitive na habhla na n-abhlacha
dative leis an abhaill
don abhaill 		leis na habhlacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of abhaill
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
abhaill n-abhaill habhaill 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), “aball”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 142, page 56

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