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maoil

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See also: Maoil

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish mael.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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maoil f (genitive singular maoile, nominative plural maoileanna)

  1. rounded summit, hillock, knoll
  2. bare or bald top, bald spot
  3. contents heaped above the rim of a receptacle
Declension
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Declension of maoil (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative maoil maoileanna
vocative a mhaoil a mhaoileanna
genitive maoile maoileanna
dative maoil maoileanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an mhaoil na maoileanna
genitive na maoile na maoileanna
dative leis an maoil
don mhaoil
leis na maoileanna

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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maoil

  1. inflection of maol:
    1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
    2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

Noun

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maoil

  1. inflection of maol:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/vocative/dative plural

Mutation

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Mutated forms of maoil
radical lenition eclipsis
maoil mhaoil not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.