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maol
maol
Irish
Adjective
maol (genitive singular masculine maoil, genitive singular feminine maoile, plural maola, comparative maoile)
Declension
Declension of maol
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | maol | mhaol | maola; mhaola² |
|
| Vocative | mhaoil | maola | ||
| Genitive | maoile | maola | maol | |
| Dative | maol; mhaol¹ |
mhaol; mhaoil (archaic) |
maola; mhaola² |
|
| Comparative | níos maoile | |||
| Superlative | is maoile | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- maolagán (“person with cropped hair”)
Noun
maol m (genitive singular maoil, nominative plural maoil)
Declension
Declension of maol
Derived terms
- maol dúbailte (“double flat”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| maol | mhaol | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish máel (“bald, hornless, blunt”), from Proto-Celtic *maylos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɯːɫ̪/
Adjective
maol