úll

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See also: ull, -ull, and 'ull

Irish

Alternative forms

ubhall (superseded)
úlla (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Middle Irish uball, from Old Irish ubull^[1] (compare Scottish Gaelic ubhal), from Proto-Celtic *abūl (compare Welsh afal), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl (compare English apple, Lithuanian obuolỹs).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /uːl̪ˠ/^[2]

Noun

úll m (genitive singular úill, nominative plural úlla)

Declension

Declension of úll (first declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	úll	úlla
vocative	a úill	a úlla
genitive	úill	úll
dative	úll	úlla

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an t-úll	na húlla
genitive	an úill	na n-úll
dative	leis an úll don úll	leis na húlla

Derived terms

alt úll is cuas m (“ball and socket joint”)
anlann úll m (“apple sauce”)
fia-úll m (“crab-apple”)
leann úll m (“cider”)
pióg úll f (“apple pie”)
rua-úll m (“russet”)
úll an chromáin m (“hip-joint”)
úll an mhadra rua m (“tutsan”)
úll caithne m (“arbutus-berry”)
úll claímh m (“pommel of sword”)
úll dorais m (“door-knob”)
úll fiáin m (“crab-apple”)
úll géar m (“cooking-apple”)
úll gráinneach m (“pomegranate”)
úll luaidhe m (“lead ball”)
úll milis m (“eating-apple”)
úll na brád m (“Adam's apple”)
úll na haithne m (“forbidden fruit”)
úll na huillinne m (“elbow-joint”)
úll na leise m (“hip-joint”)
úll na scornaí m (“Adam's apple”)
úll óir m (“golden apple, precious thing”)
úll práis m (“brass ball”)
úll scéithe m (“boss of shield”)
úll soirb m (“sorb-apple”)
úlla clis m pl (“juggler's balls”)
úlla prátaí m (“potato-apples”)
úllach (“bearing apples”, adjective)
úllachán m (“little apple”)
úllgharraí m (“orchard”)
úllghlas (“apple-green”, adjective)
úllmhaighdeog f (“ball-pivot”)
úllóg f (“apple charlotte”)
úllord m (“orchard”)
úllsclóin f (“ball-swivel”)

Related terms

abhaill f (“apple tree”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *úll*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
úll	n-úll	húll	t-úll

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

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uball, ubull”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 212, page 80

Further reading

de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “úll”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“úll”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “úll”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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