éadáil

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish étáil (“gain, profit, wealth”).[1] Compare Scottish Gaelic eudail.

Pronunciation
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈeːd̪ˠɑːlʲ/[2]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈeːd̪ˠælʲ/, [ˈɛə̯dælʲ][3]

Noun

éadáil f (genitive singular éadála, nominative plural éadálacha)

  1. acquisition
  2. profit
  3. wealth
  4. spoils (of war, etc.)
  5. (nautical) salvage

Declension
Declension of éadáil

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative éadáil éadálacha
Vocative a éadáil a éadálacha
Genitive éadála éadálacha
Dative éadáil éadálacha

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an éadáil na héadálacha
Genitive na héadála na n-éadálacha
Dative leis an éadáil

don éadáil

 leis na héadálacha

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
éadáil n-éadáil héadáil not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “étáil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 91
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 33

Further reading
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