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úll in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish uball, from Old Irish ubull (compare Scottish Gaelic ubhal), from Proto-Celtic *abūl (compare Welsh afal), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl (compare English apple, Lithuanian obuolỹs).
Pronunciation
Noun
úll m (genitive singular úill, nominative plural úlla)
- apple
- (anatomy) ball-and-socket joint
- globular object, ball
Declension
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Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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úll
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n-úll
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húll
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t-úll
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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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References
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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
- Entries containing “úll” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “úll” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “úll”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN