néal

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See also: neal and Neal

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish nél,[1] 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).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

néal m (genitive singular néil, nominative plural néalta)

  1. cloud
    Synonym: scamall
  2. depression
  3. gloomy expression
  4. fit, paroxysm
  5. swoon, nap, snooze
  6. daze

Declension

Declension of néal (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative néal néalta
vocative a néil a néalta
genitive néil néalta
dative néal néalta
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an néal na néalta
genitive an néil na néalta
dative leis an néal
don néal
leis na néalta
  • Alternative genitive plural: néal

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “nél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, page 79; reprinted 2017
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 33, page 19
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 155, page 60

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