ubhal

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish uball, from Old Irish ubull,[1] from Proto-Celtic *abūl, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈu.əɫ̪/

Noun

ubhal m (genitive singular ubhail, plural ùbhlan)

  1. apple

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ubhaln-ubhalh-ubhalt-ubhal
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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ubhal”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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