mogall

mogall

Irish

Alternative forms

• mogal
• mogoll, mogul, mogull, mugall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish mocoll (“mesh”), from Latin macula (“mesh”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɔɡəl̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠʌɡəlˠ/[1] (corresponding to the form mogal)

Noun

mogall m (genitive singular mogaill, nominative plural mogaill)

1. mesh (opening or space enclosed by the threads of a net)
2. eyelid

   Synonym: mogall súile

3. husk (exterior of certain vegetables or fruits), shell (covering of a nut), pod (seed case)
4. cluster (of nuts)
5. round or globular mass (of fruit etc.)
6. (obsolete) eyeball

   Synonym: meall súile

7. compact body of persons

Declension

Declension of mogall

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative mogall mogaill Vocative a mhogaill a mhogalla Genitive mogaill mogall Dative mogall mogaill

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an mogall na mogaill Genitive an mhogaill na mogall Dative leis an mogall don mhogall leis na mogaill

Derived terms

• maíomh na mogall folamh
• mogallach
• mogallaigh
• mogallóir
• mogall súile
• mogallsúileach

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “mogall” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mocol”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “mogall” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 492.
• "mogall" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

References

1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 24