umhal

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See also: ùmhal

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish umal, from Latin humilis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

umhal (genitive singular masculine umhail, genitive singular feminine umhaile, plural umhla, comparative umhaile)

  1. humble, submissive
  2. dutiful, obedient
  3. supple
  4. (nominalized, masculine) humble, submissive person; dutiful, obedient person; supple person

Declension

Declension of umhal
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative umhal umhal umhla
vocative umhail umhla
genitive umhale umhla umhal
dative umhal umhal;
umhail (archaic) 		umhla
Comparative níos umhale
Superlative is umhale

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of umhal
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
umhal n-umhal humhal t-umhal

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 23

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