neul
Afrikaans
Verb
neul (present neul, present participle neulende, past participle geneul)
- to whine
- 2003, Dalene Matthee, Toorbos, Tafelberg, page 104:
- Maar hy bly neul oor stinkhout. Sê die bos moet oorgeplant word met stinkhout waar dit uitgekap is.
- But he continues whining for black stinkwood. Says the forest has to be replanted with black stinkwood wherever it's been cut down.
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Irish
Noun
neul m (genitive singular néil, nominative plural neulta)
- Obsolete spelling of néal
Declension
Declension of neul
First declension
Bare forms:
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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish nél, as also Irish néal. Cognate with Welsh niwl; a Celtic loanword either from Vulgar Latin *nībulus, a modification of Latin nūbilus (“cloudy”), or from Proto-Germanic *nebulaz (“cloud, mist”). It cannot come from a Proto-Celtic form with *-bl-, as this cluster remained in Old Irish (e.g. mebul (“shame”) from *meblā).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɲiaɫ̪/
Noun
neul m (genitive singular neòil, plural neòil)
- cloud
- giddiness, faint, swoon
- Thuit i na neul.
- She fell in a faint.
- complexion
- blemish
Synonyms
- sgòth
Derived terms
- neulaich
- neul-sùla
- rach an neul
References
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003), D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, page 79