áille
Irish
Alternative forms
- áilne (obsolete spelling; both noun and adjective)
Etymology 1
From Old Irish áilde, áilne, áille (“beauty”), from álaind (“beautiful”) (modern álainn).
Declension
Declension of áille
Fourth declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Related terms
- álainn (“beautiful”, adjective)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
áille
- inflection of álainn (“beautiful”):
- genitive singular feminine
- nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
- comparative degree
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| áille | n-áille | háille | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Entries containing “áille” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “áille” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “áille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “áille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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