matal
Elkei
References
- transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish matal, mattal, from Old Norse mǫttull (compare Icelandic möntull), itself borrowed from Late Latin mantellum, from Latin mantum (“cloak”).
Noun
matal m (genitive singular matail, nominative plural matail)
- (literary) mantle, cloak
- mantelpiece
Declension
Declension of matal
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
- (mantelpiece): clabhar
Derived terms
- clár matail (“mantelshelf”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| matal | mhatal | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “matal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “matal, mattal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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