áille

See also: aille, aillé, and -aille

Irish

Alternative forms
  • áilne (obsolete spelling; both noun and adjective)

Etymology

From Old Irish áilde, áilne, áille (“beauty”), from álaind (“beautiful”) (modern álainn).

Pronunciation

Noun

áille f (genitive singular áille)

  1. beauty

Declension
Declension of áille

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative áille
Vocative a áille
Genitive áille
Dative áille

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an áille
Genitive na háille
Dative leis an áille

don áille

  • álainn (“beautiful”, adjective)

Adjective

áille

  1. inflection of álainn:
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. nominative and vocative and dative plural
    3. strong genitive plural
  2. comparative degree of álainn

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

References
  • "áille" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “áille” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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