umhal

See also: ùmhal

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish umal, from Latin humilis.

Adjective

umhal (genitive singular masculine umhail, genitive singular feminine umhaile, plural umhla, comparative umhaile)

  1. humble, submissive; dutiful, obedient; ready, willing
  2. lithe, supple, pliant

Declension
Declension of umhal
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative umhal umhal umhla
Vocative umhail umhla
Genitive umhale umhla umhal
Dative umhal umhal;
umhail (archaic)		 umhla
Comparative níos umhale
Superlative is umhale

Derived terms
  • anumhal (“disobedient; lacking humility, proud”)
  • easumhal (“disobedient; insubordinate, rebellious”)
  • íon umhal (“pure and humble”)
  • le croí umhal (“with a humble heart”)
  • neamhumhal (“not pliant; disobedient”)
  • umhal ábalta (“limber and able-bodied; willing and able”)
  • umhal éasca (“lithe and swift”)
  • umhlaigh (“humble; bow, bend head or knee; submit, obey; stoop”, verb)
  • umhlaíocht f (“humility; submission, obedience; dutifulness, respect”)
  • umhlóid f (“humility, submission; lowly service; attendance, ministration; suppleness, pliancy, pliability; exercising, exercise”)

Noun

umhal m (genitive singular umhail, nominative plural umhail)

  1. humble, submissive person; dutiful, obedient person; willing person
  2. lithe, supple person

Declension
Declension of umhal

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative umhal umhail
Vocative a umhail a umhala
Genitive umhail umhal
Dative umhal umhail

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-umhal na humhail
Genitive an umhail na n-umhal
Dative leis an umhal

don umhal

 leis na humhail

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

References
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