aill

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See also: àill, and áill

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish all (“cliff”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸallo-, from Proto-Indo-European *pels- (“stone”).

Pronunciation

Noun

aill f (genitive singular aille, nominative plural aillte or alltracha)

  1. (geography) cliff, precipice
    stuaic aille ― the tip of a cliff
    ar bharr na haille ― on the top of the cliff
    Aillte an Mhothair ― the Cliffs of Moher
    Is é airde na haille sin, chuala mise, trí chéad troigh.
    The height of that cliff, I have heard, is three hundred feet.
    Is é ainm na haille sin Aill na nGlasóg.
    The name of that cliff is Glassan Rock.

Declension

Declension of aill

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aill aillte
Vocative a aill a aillte
Genitive aille aillte
Dative aill aillte

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an aill na haillte
Genitive na haille na n-aillte
Dative leis an aill

don aill

leis na haillte

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aill n-aill haill not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Middle Irish

Pronunciation

Adjective

aill

  1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of aile

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
aill unchanged n-aill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Adjective

aill

  1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of aile

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

aill

  1. Alternative spelling of áill

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
aill
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-aill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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