eireaball

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish erball.

Pronunciation
  • (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

eireaball m (genitive singular eireabaill, nominative plural eireabaill)

  1. tail (of animal, comet, etc.)
  2. (tail) end
  3. (music) tail, stem (of note)
    Synonym: eireaball nóta
  4. (computing) trailer

Declension
Declension of eireaball

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative eireaball eireabaill
Vocative a eireabaill a eireaballa
Genitive eireabaill eireaball
Dative eireaball eireabaill

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-eireaball na heireabaill
Genitive an eireabaill na n-eireaball
Dative leis an eireaball

don eireaball

 leis na heireabaill

Derived terms
  • 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
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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
  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 217
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 25
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 40

Further reading
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