ubhal

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish uball, from Old Irish ubull,[1] from Proto-Celtic *abūl, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.

Pronunciation

Noun

ubhal m (genitive singular ubhail, plural ùbhlan)

  1. apple

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of ubhal
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ubhal n-ubhal h-ubhal t-ubhal

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uball, ubull”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Ternes, Elmar (1973) The phonemic analysis of Scottish Gaelic: based on the dialect of Applecross, Ross-shire, Hamburg: Helmut Buske

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ubhal”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN