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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish adall (“visit, meeting”).
Pronunciation
Noun
adhall m (genitive singular adhaill)
- heat (condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate) (used primarily of dogs)
1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 4:ʒā ȷȧgəx aiəl̄ əŕ ə mitš ə n-ām, vērət šī kuən əníš.- [Dá dtagadh adhall ar an mbitch in am, bhéarfadh sí cuain anois.]
- If the bitch had come into heat in time, she’d have a litter now.
tā aiəl̄ əŕ ə mitš. tā n vitš fȳ aiəl̥̄.- [Tá adhall ar an mbitch. / Tá an bhitch faoi adhall.]
- The bitch is in heat.
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| adhall
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n-adhall
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hadhall
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t-adhall
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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
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aḋall”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 4
- “adhall”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adhall”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “adhall”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024