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
Declension of áil (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative áil ála
vocative a áil a ála
genitive ála ála
dative áil ála
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an áil na hála
genitive na hála na n-ála
dative leis an áil
don áil
leis na hála
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

Mutated forms of áil
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
áil n-áil háil not applicable

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

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

Mutation of áil
radical lenition nasalization
áil
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-áil

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

Further reading