magairle

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish magarla,[1] magairle, an alteration of Old Irish macrall, macraille f (“testicle”).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

magairle m (genitive singular magairle, nominative plural magairlí)

  1. (anatomy) testicle, testis

Declension

Declension of magairle (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative magairle magairlí
vocative a mhagairle a mhagairlí
genitive magairle magairlí
dative magairle magairlí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an magairle na magairlí
genitive an mhagairle na magairlí
dative leis an magairle
don mhagairle 		leis na magairlí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of magairle
radical lenition eclipsis
magairle mhagairle not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “magarla”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “macrall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 97

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish magarla,[1] magairle, an alteration of Old Irish macrall, macraille f (“testicle”).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

magairle m or f (genitive singular magairle, plural magairlean)

  1. (anatomy) testicle, testis

Mutation

Mutation of magairle
radical lenition
magairle mhagairle

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “magarla”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “macrall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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