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Irish
Etymology From Old Irish all ( “ cliff ” ) , from Proto-Celtic *ɸallo- Proto-Indo-European *pels- ( “ stone ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun aill f genitive singular aille nominative plural aillte or alltracha
( geography ) cliff , precipice
stuaic aille ― the tip of a cliff ar bharr na haille ― on the top of the cliff Aillte an Mhothairthe 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
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
Further reading
Matasović, Ranko (2009 ) “fallo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill , →ISBN pages 120–21 Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “1 all ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904 ) “aill”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla , 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 10 Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904 ) “all”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla , 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 23 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977 ) “aill ”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla , Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959 ) “aill ”, in English-Irish Dictionary , An Gúm“aill ”, in New English-Irish Dictionary , Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
Middle Irish
Pronunciation
Adjective aill
neuter nominative / accusative singular of aile
Mutation
Mutation of aill
radical
lenition
nasalization
aill unchanged n-aill
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
Old Irish
Etymology 1 See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Adjective aill
neuter nominative / accusative singular of aile
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun aill
Alternative spelling of áill
Mutation
Mutation of aill
radical
lenition
nasalization
aill ( pronounced with /h/ in h -prothesis environments ) unchanged
n-aill
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.