úll

See also: ull, -ull, and 'ull

Irish

Alternative forms

ubhall (superseded)
úlla (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Old Irish uball, ubull (compare Scottish Gaelic ubhal), from Proto-Celtic *abalom (compare Welsh afal), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl (compare English apple, Lithuanian obuolỹs, Old Polish jabło).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /uːl̪ˠ/

Noun

úll m (genitive singular úill, nominative plural úlla)

apple
(anatomy) ball-and-socket joint
globular object, ball

Declension

Declension of úll

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	úll	úlla
Vocative	a úill	a úlla
Genitive	úill	úll
Dative	úll	úlla

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-úll	na húlla
Genitive	an úill	na n-úll
Dative	leis an úll don úll	leis na húlla

Derived terms

alt úll is cuas m (“ball and socket joint”)
anlann úll m (“apple sauce”)
fia-úll m (“crab-apple”)
leann úll m (“cider”)
pióg úll f (“apple pie”)
rua-úll m (“russet”)
úllachán m (“little apple; little ball (of thread, etc.)”)
úllach (“bearing apples; abounding in apples”, adjective)
úlla clis m pl (“juggler's balls”)
úll an chromáin m, úll na leise m (“hip-joint”)
úll an mhadra rua m (“tutsan”)
úlla prátaí m (“potato-apples”)
úll caithne m (“arbutus-berry”)
úll claímh m (“pommel of sword”)
úll dorais m (“door-knob”)
úll fiáin m (“crab-apple”)
úll géar m (“cooking-apple”)
úllgharraí m (“orchard”)
úllghlas (“apple-green”, adjective)
úll gráinneach m (“pomegranate”)
úll luaidhe m (“lead ball”)
úllmhaighdeog f (“ball-pivot”)
úll milis m (“eating-apple”)
úll na brád m, úll na scornaí m (“Adam's apple”)
úll na haithne m (“forbidden fruit”)
úll na huillinne m (“elbow-joint”)
úllóg f (“apple charlotte”)
úll óir m (“golden apple, precious thing”)
úllord m (“orchard”)
úll práis m (“brass ball”)
úll scéithe m (“boss of shield”)
úllsclóin f (“ball-swivel”)
úll soirb m (“sorb-apple”)

Related terms

abhaill f (“apple tree”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
úll	n-úll	húll	t-úll
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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