eireaball

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish erball.

Pronunciation

  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈɾˠɨbˠəl̪ˠ/[1] (corresponding to alternative form rioball)

Noun

eireaball m (genitive singular eireabaill, nominative plural eireabaill)

  1. tail (of animal, comet, etc.)
  2. (tail) end
  3. (music) tail, stem (of note)

Declension

Synonyms

  • (music): eireaball nóta

Derived terms

Mutation

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

References

  1. Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 217.

Further reading

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