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Old Irish
Pronunciation
Conjunction
amail (followed by indirect relative)
- Alternative form of amal
Preposition
amail (with accusative, lenites)
- Alternative form of amal
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology 1
From ad- + mall.
Noun
amail f (genitive singular amaile, plural amailean)
- evil, mischief
- hindrance
Verb
amail (past dh'amail, future amailidh, verbal noun amal or amaladh, past participle amailte)
- hinder, prevent, stop
- entangle, clog
- enfringe
- choke
Etymology 2
From am (“time”) + -ail.
Adjective
amail
- seasonable, timely, in time
- temporal
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “seasonable”): eas-amail (“unseasonable”)
Etymology 3
From ad- + mill.
Adjective
amail
- broken, lost
Etymology 4
Noun
amail m
- genitive singular of amal
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “amail”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “amail”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN