mogall

Irish

From Old Irish mocoll (“mesh”), from Latin macula (“mesh”).

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɔɡəl̪ˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠʌɡəlˠ/, /ˈmˠʌɡəl̪ˠ/[1] (corresponding to the form mogal)

mogall m (genitive singular mogaill, nominative plural mogaill)

mesh (opening or space enclosed by the threads of a net)
eyelid
Synonym: mogall súile
husk (exterior of certain vegetables or fruits), shell (covering of a nut), pod (seed case)
cluster (of nuts)
round or globular mass (of fruit etc.)
(obsolete) eyeball
Synonym: meall súile
compact body of persons

Declension of mogall

First declension

Bare forms:

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

“mogall”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mocol”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “mogall”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 492
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mogall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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