maoil

See also: Maoil

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mˠiːlʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish mael.

Alternative forms

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

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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
maoil mhaoil not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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