nuall
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish núall, from Proto-Celtic *nowslom (“a cry, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *newH- (“to cry, roar”) (compare Sanskrit नवते (návate, “to roar”) and Tocharian B nu- (“to roar”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n̪ˠuəl̪ˠ/
Noun
nuall m (genitive singular nuaill) (literary)
- a loud noise
- a cry of joy
Declension
Declension of nuall
First declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article:
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Further reading
- “nuall”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 núall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “nuall”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 522
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*now-slo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 292
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “nuall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Old Irish
Noun
nuall n or m
- Alternative spelling of núall
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
nuall also nnuall after a proclitic | nuall pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/ | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |