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/^[1]

Noun

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

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

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.

References

^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 164, page 62

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

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