agaill

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Irish

Etymology 1

Possibly derived from Old Irish acclaid (“act of fishing”)?

Noun

agaill f (genitive singular agaille, nominative plural agaillí)

  1. earthworm
    Synonyms: anglach, cuideog, péist talún
  2. cantankerous person
Declension
Declension of agaill (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative agaill agaillí
vocative a agaill a agaillí
genitive agaille agaillí
dative agaill agaillí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an agaill na hagaillí
genitive na hagaille na n-agaillí
dative leis an agaill
don agaill 		leis na hagaillí
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ad·gládathar (“address, speak to, converse with”).

Verb

agaill (present analytic agallann, future analytic agallfaidh, verbal noun agallamh, past participle agalltha)

  1. (transitive) address, speak to, converse with
  2. (transitive) interview
  3. (transitive) Alternative form of agair (“plead, entreat; avenge, retribute; sue”)
Conjugation
conjugation of agaill (first conjugation – B)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present agallaim agallann tú;
agallair† 		agallann sé, sí agallaimid agallann sibh agallann siad;
agallaid† 		a agallann; a agallas /
a n-agallann* 		agalltar
past d'agall mé; d'agallas /
agall mé‡; agallas‡ 		d'agall tú; d'agallais /
agall tú‡; agallais‡ 		d'agall sé, sí /
agall sé, sí‡ 		d'agallamar; d'agall muid /
agallamar‡; agall muid‡ 		d'agall sibh; d'agallabhair /
agall sibh‡; agallabhair‡ 		d'agall siad; d'agalladar /
agall siad; agalladar‡ 		a d'agall /
ar agall* 		agalladh;
hagalladh†
past habitual d'agallainn /
agallainn‡; n-agallainn‡‡ 		d'agalltá /
agalltá‡; n-agalltᇇ 		d'agalladh sé, sí /
agalladh sé, sí‡; n-agalladh sé, s퇇 		d'agallaimis; d'agalladh muid /
agallaimis‡; agalladh muid‡; n-agallaimis‡‡; n-agalladh muid‡‡ 		d'agalladh sibh /
agalladh sibh‡; n-agalladh sibh‡‡ 		d'agallaidís; d'agalladh siad /
agallaidís‡; agalladh siad‡; n-agallaidís‡‡; n-agalladh siad‡‡ 		a d'agalladh /
a n-agalladh* 		d'agalltaí /
agalltaí‡; n-agallta퇇
future agallfaidh mé;
agallfad 		agallfaidh tú;
agallfair† 		agallfaidh sé, sí agallfaimid;
agallfaidh muid 		agallfaidh sibh agallfaidh siad;
agallfaid† 		a agallfaidh; a agallfas /
a n-agallfaidh* 		agallfar
conditional d'agallfainn / agallfainn‡; n-agallfainn‡‡ d'agallfá / agallfá‡; n-agallfᇇ d'agallfadh sé, sí / agallfadh sé, sí‡; n-agallfadh sé, s퇇 d'agallfaimis; d'agallfadh muid / agallfaimis‡; agallfadh muid‡; n-agallfaimis‡‡; n-agallfadh muid‡‡ d'agallfadh sibh / agallfadh sibh‡; n-agallfadh sibh‡‡ d'agallfaidís; d'agallfadh siad / agallfaidís‡; agallfadh siad‡; n-agallfaidís‡‡; n-agallfadh siad‡‡ a d'agallfadh /
a n-agallfadh* 		d'agallfaí / agallfaí‡; n-agallfa퇇
subjunctive present go n-agalla mé;
go n-agallad† 		go n-agalla tú;
go n-agallair† 		go n-agalla sé, sí go n-agallaimid;
go n-agalla muid 		go n-agalla sibh go n-agalla siad;
go n-agallaid† 		— go n-agalltar
past dá n-agallainn dá n-agalltá dá n-agalladh sé, sí dá n-agallaimis;
dá n-agalladh muid 		dá n-agalladh sibh dá n-agallaidís;
dá n-agalladh siad 		— dá n-agalltaí
imperative agallaim agall agalladh sé, sí agallaimis agallaigí;
agallaidh† 		agallaidís — agalltar
verbal noun agallamh
past participle agalltha

*indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

Alternative forms

Mutation

Mutated forms of agaill
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
agaill n-agaill hagaill not applicable

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

References

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