maill

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Irish

Noun

maill f (genitive singular maille, nominative plural mailleanna)

  1. Archaic form of moill (“delay, hindrance”).

Declension

Declension of maill (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative maill mailleanna
vocative a mhaill a mhailleanna
genitive maille mailleanna
dative maill mailleanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an mhaill na mailleanna
genitive na maille na mailleanna
dative leis an maill
don mhaill 		leis na mailleanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of maill
radical lenition eclipsis
maill mhaill not applicable

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

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English mal, male from Old English māl (“speech, contract, agreement”) from Old Norse mál (“agreement, speech, lawsuit”). Cognate with English mail (“monetary payment; rent; tax”).

Noun

maill (plural maills)

  1. (historical) mail (monetary payment or tribute; rent; tax)
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