agaill

Irish

Etymology 1

Possibly derived from Old Irish acclaid (“act of fishing”)?

Noun

agaill f (genitive singular agaille, nominative plural agaillí)

earthworm
Synonyms: anglach, cuideog, péist talún
cantankerous person

Declension

Declension of agaill

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	agaill	agaillí
Vocative	a agaill	a agaillí
Genitive	agaille	agaillí
Dative	agaill	agaillí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an agaill	na hagaillí
Genitive	na hagaille	na n-agaillí
Dative	leis an agaill don agaill	leis na hagaillí

Alternative plural: agailleacha (sense 2)

Alternative forms

agailt, angailt

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ad·gládathar (“address, speak to, converse with”).

Verb

agaill (present analytic agallann, future analytic agallfaidh, verbal noun agallamh, past participle agalltha)

(transitive) address, speak to, converse with
(transitive) interview
(transitive) Alternative form of agair (“plead, entreat; avenge, retribute; sue”)

Conjugation

First Conjugation (B)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	agallaim	agallann tú; agallair^†	agallann sé, sí	agallaimid	agallann sibh	agallann siad; agallaid^†	a agallann; a agallas / a n-agallann; a n-agallas	agalltar
	past	d'agall mé; d'agallas / agall mé‡; agallas‡	d'agall tú; d'agallais / agall tú‡; agallais‡	d'agall sé, sí / agall sé, sí‡	d'agallamar; d'agall muid / agallamar‡; agall muid‡	d'agall sibh; d'agallabhair / agall sibh‡; agallabhair‡	d'agall siad; d'agalladar / agall siad; agalladar‡	a d'agall / ar agall*	agalladh; hagalladh^†
	past habitual	d'agallainn / agallainn‡	d'agalltá / agalltá‡	d'agalladh sé, sí / agalladh sé, sí‡	d'agallaimis; d'agalladh muid / agallaimis‡; agalladh muid‡	d'agalladh sibh / agalladh sibh‡	d'agallaidís; d'agalladh siad / agallaidís‡; agalladh siad‡	a d'agalladh / ar agalladh*	d'agalltaí / agalltaí‡
	future	agallfaidh mé; agallfad	agallfaidh tú; agallfair^†	agallfaidh sé, sí	agallfaimid; agallfaidh muid	agallfaidh sibh	agallfaidh siad; agallfaid^†	a agallfaidh; a agallfas / a n-agallfaidh; a n-agallfas	agallfar
conditional		d'agallfainn / agallfainn‡; n-agallfainn‡‡	d'agallfá / agallfá‡; n-agallfá‡‡	d'agallfadh sé, sí / agallfadh sé, sí‡; n-agallfadh sé, sí‡‡	d'agallfaimis; d'agallfadh muid / agallfaimis‡; agallfadh muid‡; n-agallfaimis‡‡; n-agallfadh muid‡‡	d'agallfadh sibh / agallfadh sibh‡; n-agallfadh sibh‡‡	d'agallfaidís; d'agallfadh siad / agallfaidís‡; agallfadh siad‡; n-agallfaidís‡‡; n-agallfadh siad‡‡	a d'agallfadh / ar agallfadh*	d'agallfaí / agallfaí‡; n-agallfaí‡‡
subjunctive	present	go n-agalla mé; go n-agallad^†	go n-agalla tú; go n-agallair^†	go n-agalla sé, sí	go n-agallaimid; go n-agalla muid	go n-agalla sibh	go n-agalla siad; go n-agallaid^†	—	go n-agalltar
subjunctive	past	dá n-agallainn	dá n-agalltá	dá n-agalladh sé, sí	dá n-agallaimis; dá n-agalladh muid	dá n-agalladh sibh	dá n-agallaidís; dá n-agalladh siad	—	dá n-agalltaí
imperative		agallaim	agall	agalladh sé, sí	agallaimis	agallaigí; agallaidh^†	agallaidís	—	agalltar
verbal noun		agallamh
past participle		agalltha

*Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡ Dependent form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

Alternative forms

aigill

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
agaill	n-agaill	hagaill	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"agaill" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“acclaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“ad·gládathar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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