úll

See also: ull, -ull, and 'ull

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish uball, from Old Irish ubull[1] (compare Scottish Gaelic ubhal), from Proto-Celtic *abūl (compare Welsh afal), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl (compare English apple, Lithuanian obuolỹs).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /uːl̪ˠ/[2]

Noun

úll m (genitive singular úill, nominative plural úlla)

  1. apple
  2. (anatomy) ball-and-socket joint
  3. globular object, ball

Declension
Declension of úll

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative úll úlla
Vocative a úill a úlla
Genitive úill úll
Dative úll úlla

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-úll na húlla
Genitive an úill na n-úll
Dative leis an úll

don úll

 leis na húlla

Derived terms
  • alt úll is cuas m (“ball and socket joint”)
  • anlann úll m (“apple sauce”)
  • fia-úll m (“crab-apple”)
  • leann úll m (“cider”)
  • pióg úll f (“apple pie”)
  • rua-úll m (“russet”)
  • úll an chromáin m (“hip-joint”)
  • úll an mhadra rua m (“tutsan”)
  • úll caithne m (“arbutus-berry”)
  • úll claímh m (“pommel of sword”)
  • úll dorais m (“door-knob”)
  • úll fiáin m (“crab-apple”)
  • úll géar m (“cooking-apple”)
  • úll gráinneach m (“pomegranate”)
  • úll luaidhe m (“lead ball”)
  • úll milis m (“eating-apple”)
  • úll na brád m (“Adam's apple”)
  • úll na haithne m (“forbidden fruit”)
  • úll na huillinne m (“elbow-joint”)
  • úll na leise m (“hip-joint”)
  • úll na scornaí m (“Adam's apple”)
  • úll óir m (“golden apple, precious thing”)
  • úll práis m (“brass ball”)
  • úll scéithe m (“boss of shield”)
  • úll soirb m (“sorb-apple”)
  • úlla clis m pl (“juggler's balls”)
  • úlla prátaí m (“potato-apples”)
  • úllach (“bearing apples”, adjective)
  • úllachán m (“little apple”)
  • úllgharraí m (“orchard”)
  • úllghlas (“apple-green”, adjective)
  • úllmhaighdeog f (“ball-pivot”)
  • úllóg f (“apple charlotte”)
  • úllord m (“orchard”)
  • úllsclóin f (“ball-swivel”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
úll n-úll húll t-úll
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “uball, ubull”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 212, page 80

Further reading
  • Entries containing “úll” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “úll” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “úll”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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