araile

Irish

Alternative forms

  • aroile, araill, roile (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish arale, alaile, from Proto-Celtic *aralyos (“other”) (compare Middle Welsh arall), a dissimilated reduplication of *alyos (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos.

Determiner

araile (literary)

  1. another, the other
    Synonym: eile
  2. some, a certain
    Synonym: áirithe

Pronoun

araile (literary)

  1. a certain one, someone/something
  2. each other
    Synonym: a chéile

Derived terms

  • agus araile (“et cetera”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of araile
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
araile n-araile haraile not applicable

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

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