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áille, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
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Irish
Alternative forms
- áilne (obsolete spelling; both noun and adjective)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish áilde, áilne, áille (“beauty”), from álaind (“beautiful”) (modern álainn).
Noun
áille f (genitive singular áille)
- beauty
Declension
Related terms
- álainn (“beautiful”, adjective)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
áille
- inflection of álainn (“beautiful”):
- genitive singular feminine
- nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
- comparative degree
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| áille
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n-áille
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háille
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Entries containing “áille” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “áille” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “áille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “áille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language