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aill
aill
See also: àill
Irish
Alternative forms
Noun
aill f (genitive singular aille, nominative plural aillte or alltracha)
- (geography) cliff, precipice
- stuaic aille ― the tip of a cliff
- ar bharr na haille ― on the top of the cliff
- Aillte an Mhothair ― the Cliffs of Moher
- Is é airde na haille sin, chuala mise, trí chéad troigh.
- The height of that cliff, I have heard, is three hundred feet.
- Is é ainm na haille sin Aill na nGlasóg.
- The name of that cliff is Glassan Rock.
Declension
Declension of aill
- Alternative plurals: aillteacha, ailltreacha, allracha
Derived terms
- ailleadóir m (“rock climber”)
Related terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aill | n-aill | haill | t-aill |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “fallo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-17336-1, pages 120–21
- “1 all” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “aill” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- “all” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "aill" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.