umal

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See also: -umal

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: u‧mal

Noun

umal

  1. a piece of land depleted of minerals due to agriculture

Verb

umal

  1. to cause the soil to become barren or infertile

Adjective

umal

  1. (of soil) not fertile; infertile; not producing vegetation; barren

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

umal

  1. mute person; someone who does not speak at all or has difficulty speaking

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin humilis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

umal

  1. humble; obedient
  2. obedient, submissive, subject
  3. ready, willing

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative umal umal umal
Vocative umail*
umal**
Accusative umal umail
Genitive umail uimle umail
Dative umal umail umal
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative umail umla
Vocative umlu
umla†
Accusative umlu
umla†
Genitive umal
Dative uimlib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: umhal
  • Scottish Gaelic: ùmhal

Noun

umal m

  1. humble, obedient person

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative umal umalL umailL
Vocative umail umalL umluH
Accusative umalN umalL umluH
Genitive umailL umal umalN
Dative umalL uimlib uimlib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
umal
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-umal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈu.mal/
  • Rhymes: -umal
  • Syllabification: u‧mal

Verb

umal

  1. second-person singular imperative of umalić
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