áil

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See also: ail, ail-, -ail, àil, -áil, and Äil

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish áil (act of asking; request, wish), from Proto-Celtic *yālos (praise, worship), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-lo- (zeal) (compare Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos)).

Noun

áil f (genitive singular ála, nominative plural ála)

  1. verbal noun of áil
  2. (literary) desire, wish
Declension
Derived terms

Verb

áil (present analytic áileann, future analytic áilfidh, verbal noun áil, past participle áilte)

  1. (transitive, literary) request, entreat
  2. (transitive, literary) desire, wish
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Noun

áil m

  1. genitive singular of ál (litter; brood)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
áil n-áil háil not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • áill (before a dental consonant)

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *yālos (praise, worship), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-lo- (zeal) (compare Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos)).

Pronunciation

Noun

áil

  1. desire, wish (chiefly used in is áil do (to desire, wish))

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
áil unchanged n-áil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading