maoil

See also: Maoil

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mˠiːlʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish mael.

Alternative forms

• maol f

Noun

maoil f (genitive singular maoile, nominative plural maoileanna)

1. rounded summit, hillock, knoll
2. bare or bald top, bald spot
3. contents heaped above the rim of a receptacle

Declension

Declension of maoil (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative maoil maoileanna vocative a mhaoil a mhaoileanna genitive maoile maoileanna dative maoil maoileanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mhaoil na maoileanna genitive na maoile na maoileanna dative leis an maoil don mhaoil leis na maoileanna

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maoil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 48

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

maoil

1. inflection of maol:
   1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
   2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

Noun

maoil

1. inflection of maol:
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/vocative/dative plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of maoil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
maoil	mhaoil	not applicable

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