-áil

See also: ail, ail-, -ail, àil, áil, and Äil

Irish

Etymology

Extracted from gabháil and fáil (earlier faghbháil).

Suffix 1

-áil f

  1. suffix used to form verbal nouns
    fáil, formerly spelled fagháil, verbal noun of faigh (“to get”)
    gabháil, verbal noun of gabh (“to take”)

Declension
Declension of -áil

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative -áil
Vocative a -áil
Genitive -ála
Dative -áil

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an -áil
Genitive na -ála
Dative leis an -áil

don -áil

Suffix 2

-áil

  1. suffix used productively to form denominative verbs and their associated verbal nouns
    ‎iarann (“iron”) + ‎-áil → ‎iarnáil (“to iron”)
    ‎spág (“a big, clumsy foot”) + ‎-áil → ‎spágáil (“to shamble, trudge”)

Usage notes

This suffix is particularly common with English loanwords. The Irish-language poet Cathal Ó Searcaigh in his poem "Cainteoir Dúchais" (published 1997 in the collection Out in the Open) uses the following verbs, most of them probably nonce words:

  • hoovereáil (“to hoover”)
  • jeyes-fluideáil (“to disinfect with Jeyes Fluid”)
  • harpickeáil (“to clean with Harpic”)
  • vimeáil (“to clean with Vim”)
  • flasháil (“to clean with Flash”)
  • windoleneáil (“to clean with Windolene”)
  • eau-de-cologneáil (“to apply eau de Cologne to”)
  • shagáilte (“shagged out”)
  • cruiseáil (“to cruise”)

Derived terms
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