ábhal

See also: abhal

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish adbal[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɑːvˠəl̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɑːwəlˠ/, /ˈɑːwəl̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈaːwəlˠ/, /ˈaːwəl̪ˠ/

Adjective

ábhal (genitive singular masculine ábhail, genitive singular feminine áibhle, plural ábhala, comparative áibhle)

  1. great, immense, tremendous, vast

Declension

Derived terms

  • ábhalchéim f (giant-stride)
  • ábhalmhór (colossal, adjective)
  • áibhle

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ábhal n-ábhal hábhal not applicable
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), “adbal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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