peall

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish pell m (“an animal's skin or fur, hence a rug or blanket, generally one for sleeping on”), borrowed from Latin pellis, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”).

Noun

peall m (genitive singular pill, nominative plural pill)

  1. pelt, skin, hide
  2. rug, blanket; pallet
  3. piece of coarse cloth
Derived terms
  • peallach (“hairy, matted; coarse-spun”)
  • peallóg f (“(piece of) coarse cloth; woman dressed in rough clothing”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish pell, fell m (“horse”).

Noun

peall m (genitive singular pill or peill, nominative plural pill)

  1. (literary) horse
Derived terms

Declension
Declension of peall

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative peall pill
Vocative a phill a phealla
Genitive pill peall
Dative peall pill

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an peall na pill
Genitive an phill na bpeall
Dative leis an bpeall

don pheall

 leis na pill

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
peall pheall bpeall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pjauɫ̪/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish pell m (“an animal's skin or fur, hence a rug or blanket, generally one for sleeping on”), borrowed from Latin pellis, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”).

Noun

peall m (genitive singular pill, plural peallan or pillean)

  1. hairy skin, hide
  2. couch, pallet
  3. veil, covering, coverlet
  4. bunch of matted hair
  5. mat
  6. (Lewis) tarpaulin

Verb

peall (past pheall, future peallaidh, verbal noun pealladh, past participle peallte)

  1. cover
  2. pull asunder, pluck, tear in pieces
  3. clot, mat (as wool)
  4. tease

Etymology 2

From Old Irish pell, fell m (“horse”).

Noun

peall m (genitive singular pill, plural peallan or pillean)

  1. horse

Derived terms
  • peallag f (“shaggy hide or skin; little bunch of hair; clout; little coach or pallet; little covering; trollop, ill-dressed or ragged woman; little mat or rug; hassock; umbrella; coarse harness, primitive or ill-kept harness; cart harness; inferior wool; mat of straw; bass; sort of under pack-saddle; coarse blanket”)
  • pillean m (“pack-saddle; cloth put under a pannel, cushion, pad; hassock”)

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “1 pell” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “2 pell” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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