eireaball
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɛɾʲəbˠəl̪ˠ/
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈɾˠɨbˠəl̪ˠ/[1] (corresponding to alternative form rioball)
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɾˠʌbˠəl̪ˠ/[2] (corresponding to alternative form ruball); /ˈɾˠɨbˠəl̪ˠ/[3] (corresponding to alternative form rioball)
Noun[edit]
eireaball m (genitive singular eireabaill, nominative plural eireabaill)
- tail (of animal, comet, etc.)
- (tail) end
- (music) tail, stem (of note)
- Synonym: eireaball nóta
- (computing) trailer
Declension[edit]
Declension of eireaball
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms[edit]
- casóg eireabaill (“swallow-tail coat”)
- cóta eireabaill (“swallow-tail coat”)
- eireaball cait (“cat's-tail, reed-mace”)
- eireaball capaill (“horsetail”)
- eireaball cóiméid (“tail (of a comet)”)
- eireaball dreige (“trail of meteor”)
- eireaballach (“tailed; caudal”, adjective)
- eireaballán (“tail-piece”)
- gearreireaballach (“short-tailed”, adjective)
- péist eireabaill (“tailworm (in cattle)”)
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| eireaball | n-eireaball | heireaball | t-eireaball |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References[edit]
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 217
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 25
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 40
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eireaball”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “erball”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “eireaball” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “eireaball” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 74