neul

neul (present neul, present participle neulende, past participle geneul)

1. to whine
   • 2003, Dalene Matthee, Toorbos, Tafelberg, page 104:

     Maar hy bly neul oor stinkhout. Sê die bos moet oorgeplant word met stinkhout waar dit uitgekap is.

     But he continues whining for black stinkwood. Says the forest has to be replanted with black stinkwood wherever it's been cut down.

neul m (genitive singular néil, nominative plural neulta)

1. Obsolete spelling of néal.

From Old Irish nél, as also Irish néal. 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).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ɲiaɫ̪/

neul m (genitive singular neòil, plural neòil)

1. cloud
2. giddiness, faint, swoon

   Thuit i na neul.

   She fell in a faint.

3. complexion
4. blemish

• sgòth

• neulaich
• neul-sùla
• rach an neul