míol

See also: miol

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish míl, from Proto-Celtic *mīlom (compare Breton mil, Welsh mil), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (compare Dutch maal (“calf”), Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, “sheep”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʲiːl̪ˠ/, /mʲiːlˠ/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /mʲiːl/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /mʲiəlˠ/, /mʲiəl̪ˠ/[1]

Noun

míol m (genitive singular míl, nominative plural míolta or míola)

  1. animal
  2. creature
  3. hare
  4. insect
  5. louse

Declension

Declension of míol (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative míol míolta
vocative a mhíl a mhíolta
genitive míl míolta
dative míol míolta
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an míol na míolta
genitive an mhíl na míolta
dative leis an míol
don mhíol 		leis na míolta
  • Variant plural: míola

Synonyms

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of míol
radical lenition eclipsis
míol mhíol 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. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 164, page 62

Further reading

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