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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
modh (“good manners, breeding, civility, courtesy”) + -ail. Compare Irish modhúil.
Pronunciation
Adjective
modhail (genitive singular masculine modhail, genitive singular feminine modhaile, nominative plural modhaile, comparative modhaile)
- courteous, mannerly, polite
- bi modhail! ― behave!
Am faod sinn a dhol ann? Faodaidh air chòir 's gum bi sibh modhail.- Can we come? You may as long as you are polite.
- gracious, civil, complaisant
- ceremonial
- fashionable, modish