ubhal
Scottish Gaelic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish uball, from Old Irish ubull,[1] from Proto-Celtic *abūl, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editubhal m (genitive singular ubhail, plural ùbhlan)
Derived terms
edit- dearc-ubhal (“oak apple”)
- fiadh-ubhal (“crab apple”)
- lionn-ubhal (“apple cider”)
- òr-ubhal (“orange”)
Mutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ubhal | n-ubhal | h-ubhal | t-ubhal |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uball, ubull”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
Further reading
editCategories:
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Middle Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns
- gd:Fruits
- gd:Pome fruits