abhaill

Irish

Alternative forms

• abhall

Etymology

From Old Irish aball, from Proto-Celtic *abalnā, from the same root as úll. The form abhaill was originally the dative singular of abhall, but is now widely used as the nominative as well.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈəuwəl̠ʲ/

Noun

abhaill f (genitive singular abhla, nominative plural abhlacha)

1. apple tree

Declension

Declension of abhaill (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative abhaill abhlacha vocative a abhaill a abhlacha genitive abhla abhlacha dative abhaill abhlacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an abhaill na habhlacha genitive na habhla na n-abhlacha dative leis an abhaill don abhaill leis na habhlacha

Related terms

• úll m (“apple”)
• úllord m (“orchard”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of abhaill

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
abhaill	n-abhaill	habhaill	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abhaill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “aḃall”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 142, page 56
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aball”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “abhaill”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “abhaill”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024