earball

English

Etymology

ear +‎ ball

Noun

earball (plural earballs)

  1. (acupuncture) A small ball kept in position in the ear and pressed when needed to relieve stress.

Irish

Noun

earball m (genitive singular earbaill, nominative plural earbaill)

  1. Alternative form of eireaball

Declension
Declension of earball

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative earball earbaill
Vocative a earbaill a earballa
Genitive earbaill earball
Dative earball earbaill

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-earball na hearbaill
Genitive an earbaill na n-earball
Dative leis an earball

don earball

 leis na hearbaill

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish erball.

Noun

earball m (genitive singular earbaill, plural earbaill)

  1. a tail
    earball an each ― paddock-pipe, horse-tail
    bun an earbaill ― the rump
    earball sguabach ― a bushy tail
  2. ludicrous name for the train of a dress

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
earballn-earballh-earballt-earball
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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
  • MacLennan, Malcolm. A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language Edinburgh: John Grant (1925)
  • “erball” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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