peall

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish pell (an animal's skin or fur, hence a rug or blanket, generally one for sleeping on), borrowed from Latin pellis, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth).

Noun

peall m (genitive singular pill, nominative plural pill)

  1. pelt, skin, hide
    Synonyms: craiceann, seithe
  2. rug, blanket; pallet
  3. piece of coarse cloth
Declension
Declension of peall (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative peall pill
vocative a phill a phealla
genitive pill peall
dative peall pill
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an peall na pill
genitive an phill na bpeall
dative leis an bpeall
don pheall
leis na pill
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish pell, fell (horse).

Noun

peall m (genitive singular pill or peill, nominative plural pill)

  1. (literary) horse
    Synonym: marc
Declension
Declension of peall (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative peall pill
vocative a phill a phealla
genitive pill peall
dative peall pill
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an peall na pill
genitive an phill na bpeall
dative leis an bpeall
don pheall
leis na pill
Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of peall
radical lenition eclipsis
peall pheall bpeall

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish pell m (an animal's skin or fur, hence a rug or blanket, generally one for sleeping on), borrowed from Latin pellis, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth).

Noun

peall m (genitive singular pill, plural peallan or pillean)

  1. hairy skin, hide
  2. couch, pallet
  3. veil, covering, coverlet
  4. bunch of matted hair
  5. mat
  6. (Lewis) tarpaulin

Verb

peall (past pheall, future peallaidh, verbal noun pealladh, past participle peallte)

  1. cover
  2. pull asunder, pluck, tear in pieces
  3. clot, mat (as wool)
  4. tease

Etymology 2

From Old Irish pell, fell m (horse).

Noun

peall m (genitive singular pill, plural peallan or pillean)

  1. horse

Derived terms

  • peallag f (shaggy hide or skin; little bunch of hair; clout; little coach or pallet; little covering; trollop, ill-dressed or ragged woman; little mat or rug; hassock; umbrella; coarse harness, primitive or ill-kept harness; cart harness; inferior wool; mat of straw; bass; sort of under pack-saddle; coarse blanket)
  • pillean m (pack-saddle; cloth put under a pannel, cushion, pad; hassock)

Mutation

Mutation of peall
radical lenition
peall pheall

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

References