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Irish
Etymology
Unclear. DIL suggests a compound equivalent to rá (“speaking”) + buile (“madness, frenzy”), but the preponderance of mh spellings casts doubt on this hypothesis. A connection with English rave is possible but leaves the -aille unexplained.
Pronunciation
Noun
rámhaille f (genitive singular rámhaille)
- raving(s), rambling(s)
- delirium
Derived terms
Further reading
- “rámhaille”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rádbaile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ráḋṁaill”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 557
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ráṁaille”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 559
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rámhaille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 75