See also: ail, ail-, -ail, àil, -áil, and Äil

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish áil (act of asking; request, wish), from Proto-Celtic *yālos (praise, worship), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-lo- (zeal) (compare Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos)).

Noun

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áil f (genitive singular ála, nominative plural ála)

  1. verbal noun of áil
  2. (literary) desire, wish
Declension
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Declension of áil (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative áil ála
vocative a áil a ála
genitive ála ála
dative áil ála
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an áil na hála
genitive na hála na n-ála
dative leis an áil
don áil
leis na hála
Derived terms
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Verb

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áil (present analytic áileann, future analytic áilfidh, verbal noun áil, past participle áilte)

  1. (transitive, literary) request, entreat
  2. (transitive, literary) desire, wish
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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áil m

  1. genitive singular of ál (litter; brood)

Mutation

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Mutated forms of áil
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
áil n-áil háil not applicable

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

Further reading

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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  • áill (before a dental consonant)

Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *yālos (praise, worship), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-lo- (zeal) (compare Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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áil

  1. desire, wish (chiefly used in is áil do (to desire, wish))

Mutation

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Mutation of áil
radical lenition nasalization
áil
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-áil

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

Further reading

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