míol

See also: miol

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish míl, from Proto-Celtic *mīlom (compare Breton mil, Welsh mil), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (compare Dutch maal (“calf”), Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, “sheep”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʲiːl̪ˠ/, /mʲiːlˠ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /mʲiːl/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /mʲiəlˠ/, /mʲiəl̪ˠ/

Noun

míol m (genitive singular míl, nominative plural míolta or míola)

1. animal
2. creature
3. hare
4. insect
5. louse

Declension

Declension of míol

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative míol míolta Vocative a mhíl a mhíolta Genitive míl míolta Dative míol míolta

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an míol na míolta Genitive an mhíl na míolta Dative leis an míol don mhíol leis na míolta

• Variant plural: míola

Synonyms

• ainmhí

Derived terms

• bearna mhíl
• margadh na míol
• míol buí
• míol ceartáin
• míol cnis
• míol corr
• míol críon
• míol crúbach
• míol fíniúna
• míol fómhair
• míol gorm
• míol gríofa
• míol leapa
• míol má
• míol mór
• míol plandaí
• míol trá
• míol-bhitheolaíocht
• míolchruthach
• míolsiorc
• míoltóg

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
míol	mhíol	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “míol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “míol” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “míol” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.