maoil

See also: Maoil

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mˠiːlʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish mael.

Alternative forms

Noun

maoil f (genitive singular maoile, nominative plural maoileanna)

  1. rounded summit, hillock, knoll
  2. bare or bald top, bald spot
  3. contents heaped above the rim of a receptacle
Declension
Declension of maoil (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative maoil maoileanna
vocative a mhaoil a mhaoileanna
genitive maoile maoileanna
dative maoil maoileanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an mhaoil na maoileanna
genitive na maoile na maoileanna
dative leis an maoil
don mhaoil 		leis na maoileanna

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

maoil

  1. inflection of maol:
    1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
    2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

Noun

maoil

  1. inflection of maol:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/vocative/dative plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of maoil
radical lenition eclipsis
maoil mhaoil 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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