míol

See also: miol

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish míl, from Proto-Celtic *mīlom (compare Breton mil, Welsh mil), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (compare Dutch maal (“calf”), Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, “sheep”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mʲiːl̪ˠ/, /mʲiːlˠ/
(Aran) IPA^(key): /mʲiːl/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /mʲiəlˠ/, /mʲiəl̪ˠ/[1]

Noun

míol m (genitive singular míl, nominative plural míolta or míola)

Declension

Declension of míol

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	míol	míolta
Vocative	a mhíl	a mhíolta
Genitive	míl	míolta
Dative	míol	míolta

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an míol	na míolta
Genitive	an mhíl	na míolta
Dative	leis an míol don mhíol	leis na míolta

Variant plural: míola

Synonyms

(animal): ainmhí
(louse): míol ceartáin, míol cnis, míol crúbach, míol gríofa

Hyponyms

(louse): treaghdán

Derived terms

bearna mhíl
margadh na míol
míol buí
míol ceartáin
míol cnis
míol corr
míol críon
míol crúbach
míol fíniúna
míol fómhair
míol gorm
míol gríofa
míol leapa
míol má
míol mór
míol plandaí
míol trá
míol-bhitheolaíocht
míolchruthach
míolsiorc
míoltóg

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
míol	mhíol	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 164, page 62

Further reading

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

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