earball

English

Etymology

ear +‎ ball

Noun

earball (plural earballs)

  1. (acupuncture) A small ball kept in position in the ear and pressed when needed to relieve stress.

Anagrams

Irish

Noun

earball m (genitive singular earbaill, nominative plural earbaill)

  1. Alternative form of eireaball

Declension
Declension of earball

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative earball earbaill
Vocative a earbaill a earballa
Genitive earbaill earball
Dative earball earbaill

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-earball na hearbaill
Genitive an earbaill na n-earball
Dative leis an earball

don earball

 leis na hearbaill

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
earball n-earball hearball t-earball
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish erball.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛɾɛpəl̪ˠ/

Noun

earball m (genitive singular earbaill, plural earbaill)

  1. a tail
    earball an eich ― paddock-pipe, horsetail
    bun an earbaill ― the rump
    earball sguabach ― a bushy tail
  2. (informal, humorous) train of a dress

Derived terms
  • earball an eich (“horsetail”)
  • earball na misge (“hangover”)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
earballn-earballh-earballt-earball
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “earball”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “erball”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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