luail
Irish
Alternative forms
- luaghail
- luaghaill
- luaghal
- luaghall
Etymology
From Old Irish lúagal f (“movement, motion, activity, work; power of movement, vigour, energy; impulse, mental tendency”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l̪ˠuəlʲ/
Declension
Declension of luail
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- ar luail (“in motion”)
- bheith gan luail (“to be unable to move about, without vigour”)
- luailchorna m (“moving coil”)
- luaileach (“restless; motor”, adj)
- luailiarainn (“moving-iron”, gs. as attributive adj.)
- máistreacht luaile f (“control of movement”)
- néaróg luaile f (“motor nerve”)
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “luail”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lúagal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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