earball

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English

Etymology

From ear +‎ ball.

Noun

earball (plural earballs)

  1. (acupuncture) A small ball kept in position in the ear and pressed when needed to relieve stress.

Anagrams

Irish

Noun

earball m (genitive singular earbaill, nominative plural earbaill)

  1. Alternative form of eireaball

Declension

Declension of earball (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative earball earbaill
vocative a earbaill a earballa
genitive earbaill earball
dative earball earbaill
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-earball na hearbaill
genitive an earbaill na n-earball
dative leis an earball
don earball 		leis na hearbaill

Mutation

Mutated forms of earball
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
earball n-earball hearball t-earball

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish erball.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

earball m (genitive singular earbaill, plural earbaill)

  1. a tail
    earball an eich ― paddock-pipe, horsetail
    bun an earbaill ― the rump
    earball sguabach ― a bushy tail
  2. (informal, humorous) train of a dress

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of earball
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
earball n-earball h-earball t-earball

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “erball”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  4. ^ Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh (2008) “'Bochanan modhail foghlaimte': Tiree Gaelic, lexicology and Glasgow's historical dictionary of Scottish Gaelic”, in Scottish Gaelic Studies, volume 24, Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen, →ISSN, pages 473-523
  5. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “earball”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
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