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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)
- (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
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Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| aill
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n-aill
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haill
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not applicable
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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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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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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
- Entries containing “aill” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “aill” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Middle Irish
Pronunciation
Adjective
aill
- neuter nominative/accusative singular of aile
Mutation
| Middle Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| aill |
unchanged |
n-aill
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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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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
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| aill
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unchanged
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n-aill
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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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