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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish nél, as also Scottish Gaelic neul. Cognate with Welsh niwl; a Celtic loanword either from Vulgar Latin *nībulus, a modification of Latin nūbilus (“cloudy”), or from Proto-Germanic *nebulaz (“cloud, mist”). It cannot come from a Proto-Celtic form with *-bl-, as this cluster remained in Old Irish (e.g. mebul (“shame”) from *meblā).
Pronunciation
Noun
néal m (genitive singular néil, nominative plural néalta)
- cloud
- Synonym: scamall
- depression
- gloomy expression
- fit, paroxysm
- swoon, nap, snooze
- daze
Declension
- Alternative genitive plural: néal
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “néal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “nél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 19
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 60