máel

See also: mael, Mael, Maël, Máel, mæl, and mäl

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mailos; cognate with Welsh moel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maːi̯l/

Adjective

máel

  1. bald, bare, shaved, shorn, tonsured
    1. (pre-Christian) as of a slave.
    2. (after the introduction of Christianity to Ireland) as of someone who is devoted (to God or to a given saint)
  2. hornless (of cattle)
  3. blunt, flattened, obtuse, pointless
  4. bare, exposed, defenceless (of places)

Inflection

o/ā-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative máel máel máel
vocative maíl*
máel**
accusative máel maíl
genitive maíl maíle maíl
dative máel maíl máel
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative maíl máela
vocative máelu
máela†
accusative máelu
máela†
genitive máel
dative máelaib

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Noun

máel f (genitive maíle, nominative plural máela)

  1. A head or shaved head.
  2. bare or blunt object.
  3. A rounded or convex surface; a flat-topped hillock.

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative máelL maílL máelaH
vocative máelL maílL máelaH
accusative maílN maílL máelaH
genitive maíleH máelL máelN
dative maílL máelaib máelaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: maol, maoil
  • Manx: meayl
  • Scottish Gaelic: maol

Mutation

Mutation of máel
radical lenition nasalization
máel
also mmáel in h-prothesis environments		 máel
pronounced with /β̃-/		 máel
also mmáel

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

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