adhall

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish adall (“visit, meeting”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈəiəl̪ˠ/

Noun

adhall m (genitive singular adhaill)

  1. heat (condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate) (used primarily of dogs)
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 4:
      ʒā ȷȧgəx aiəl̄ əŕ ə mitš ə n-ām, vērət šī kuən əníš.
      [Dá dtagadh adhall ar an mbitch in am, bhéarfadh sí cuain anois.]
      If the bitch had come into heat in time, she’d have a litter now.
      tā aiəl̄ əŕ ə mitš. tā n vitš fȳ aiəl̥̄.
      [Tá adhall ar an mbitch. / Tá an bhitch faoi adhall.]
      The bitch is in heat.

Declension
Declension of adhall

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative adhall
Vocative a adhaill
Genitive adhaill
Dative adhall

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an t-adhall
Genitive an adhaill
Dative leis an adhall

don adhall

Derived terms
  • faoi adhall (“in heat, on heat”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
adhall n-adhall hadhall t-adhall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 adall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aḋall”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 4
  • “adhall”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Entries containing “adhall” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “adhall” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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