Old Irish

Proper noun

Máel m

1. As a name element, indicates a specific object of devotion
   • eg., Mael Phádraic, Mael Ísa

Mutation

Old Irish

Adjective

máel

1. bald, bare, shaved, shorn, tonsured
   1. (pre-Christian) as of a slave.
   2. (after the introduction of Christianity to Ireland) as of someone who is devoted (to God or to a given saint)
2. (of cattle) hornless
3. blunt, flattened, obtuse, pointless
4. (of places) bare, exposed, defenceless

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Noun

máel f ‎(nominative plural maíl)

1. A head or shaved head.
2. bare or blunt object.
3. A rounded or convex surface; a flat-topped hillock.

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Irish: maol m, maoil f
• Manx: meayl
• Scottish Gaelic: maol

Mutation

References

• “1 mael” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.