umal

See also: -umal

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: u‧mal

Noun

umal

1. a piece of land depleted of minerals due to agriculture

Verb

umal

1. to cause the soil to become barren or infertile

Adjective

umal

1. (of soil) not fertile; infertile; not producing vegetation; barren

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

umal

1. mute person; someone who does not speak at all or has difficulty speaking

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin humilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈuṽal]

Adjective

umal

1. humble; obedient
2. obedient, submissive, subject [+ do (object) = to]
3. ready, willing [+ le (object) = to]

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	umal	umal	umal
Vocative	umail* umal**
Accusative	umal	umail
Genitive	umail	uimle	umail
Dative	umal	umail	umal
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	umail	umla
Vocative	umlu umla†
Accusative	umlu umla†
Genitive	umal
Dative	uimlib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Derived terms

• umligid
• umlaid
• umlaidecht

Descendants

• Irish: umhal
• Scottish Gaelic: ùmhal

Noun

umal m

1. humble, obedient person

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	umal	umalL	umailL
Vocative	umail	umalL	umluH
Accusative	umalN	umalL	umluH
Genitive	umailL	umal	umalN
Dative	umalL	uimlib	uimlib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: umhal

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
umal	unchanged	n-umal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “umal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.mal/
• Rhymes: -umal
• Syllabification: u‧mal

Verb

umal

1. second-person singular imperative of umalić