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

• (animal): ainmhí
• (louse): míol ceartáin, míol cnis, míol crúbach, míol gríofa

Hyponyms

• (louse): treaghdán

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

Mutated forms of míol

radical	lenition	eclipsis
míol	mhíol	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “míol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “míol”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “míol”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024