uiríoll
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish airḟuigell (“preliminary decision; address, speech”), from fuigell (“judicial pronouncement; discourse”), from Old Irish fugall, fugell.
Noun
uiríoll m (genitive singular uiríll, nominative plural uiríll)
- (literary) preliminary address (in legal action); preliminary pronouncement, proposal (of agreement, of decision)
- (law) representative
- utterance, speech
Derived terms
- uiríollaí (“representor”)
Etymology 2
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Noun
uiríoll m (genitive singular uiríll, nominative plural uiríll)
Derived terms
- uiríoll a dhéanamh ar dhuine (“to give someone a bit of extra food (as a favour)”)
Declension
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Mutation
| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| uiríoll | n-uiríoll | huiríoll | t-uiríoll |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uiríoll”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “representation”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025