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máel

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See also: mael, Mael, Maël, Máel, mæl, and mäl

Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *mailos; cognate with Welsh moel.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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máel

  1. bald, bare, shaved, shorn, tonsured
    1. (pre-Christian) as of a slave.
    2. (after the introduction of Christianity to Ireland) as of someone who is devoted (to God or to a given saint)
  2. hornless (of cattle)
  3. blunt, flattened, obtuse, pointless
  4. bare, exposed, defenceless (of places)

Inflection

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o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative máel máel máel
Vocative maíl*
máel**
Accusative máel maíl
Genitive maíl maíle maíl
Dative máel maíl máel
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative maíl máela
Vocative máelu
máela
Accusative máelu
máela
Genitive máel
Dative máelaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Noun

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máel f (genitive maíle, nominative plural máela)

  1. A head or shaved head.
  2. bare or blunt object.
  3. A rounded or convex surface; a flat-topped hillock.

Inflection

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Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative máelL maílL máelaH
Vocative máelL maílL máelaH
Accusative maílN maílL máelaH
Genitive maíleH máelL máelN
Dative maílL máelaib máelaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Irish: maol, maoil
  • Manx: meayl
  • Scottish Gaelic: maol

Mutation

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Mutation of máel
radical lenition nasalization
máel
also mmáel after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
máel
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/
unchanged

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

Further reading

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