nuall

From Old Irish núall, from Proto-Celtic *nowslom (“a cry, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *newH- (“to cry, roar”) (compare Sanskrit नवते (návate, “to roar”) and Tocharian B nu- (“to roar”).

• IPA^(key): /n̪ˠuəl̪ˠ/

nuall m (genitive singular nuaill) (literary)

1. a loud noise
2. a cry of joy

• “nuall”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 núall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “nuall”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 522
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*now-slo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 292
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “nuall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

nuall n or m

1. Alternative spelling of núall