aingeal

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aingel, from Late Latin angelus,[4] from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).

Noun

aingeal m (genitive singular aingil, nominative plural aingil)

  1. (religion) angel
  2. (numismatics) angel-noble
Declension
Declension of aingeal

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aingeal aingil
Vocative a aingil a aingeala
Genitive aingil aingeal
Dative aingeal aingil

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-aingeal na haingil
Genitive an aingil na n-aingeal
Dative leis an aingeal

don aingeal

leis na haingil

  • Irregular vocative plural: aingle
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish aingel, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥ (“coal”).

Noun

aingeal m (genitive singular aingil, nominative plural aingil)

  1. fire; lighted coal
Declension
Declension of aingeal

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aingeal aingil
Vocative a aingil a aingeala
Genitive aingil aingeal
Dative aingeal aingil

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-aingeal na haingil
Genitive an aingil na n-aingeal
Dative leis an aingeal

don aingeal

leis na haingil

  • Irregular vocative plural: aingle

Mutation

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

References

  1. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 28
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 26
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 306, page 108
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 aingel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aingel,[3] from Late Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).

Noun

aingeal m (genitive singular aingil, plural aingil or ainglean)

  1. angel
  2. messenger
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish aingel, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥ (“coal”).

Noun

aingeal m (genitive singular aingil, plural aingil or ainglean)

  1. fire
  2. (dated) light, sunshine

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aingeal n-aingeal h-aingeal t-aingeal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 aingel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “aingeal”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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