maill

Irish

Noun

maill f (genitive singular maille, nominative plural mailleanna)

  1. Archaic form of moill (“delay, hindrance”).

Declension
Declension of maill

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative maill mailleanna
Vocative a mhaill a mhailleanna
Genitive maille mailleanna
Dative maill mailleanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an mhaill na mailleanna
Genitive na maille na mailleanna
Dative leis an maill

don mhaill

 leis na mailleanna

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
maill mhaill not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English mal, male from Old English māl (“speech, contract, agreement”) from Old Norse mál (“agreement, speech, lawsuit”). Cognate with English mail (“monetary payment; rent; tax”).

Noun

maill (plural maills)

  1. (historical) mail (monetary payment or tribute; rent; tax)
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