maol

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish máel (“bald, hornless, blunt”), from Proto-Celtic *maylos.

Pronunciation

Adjective

maol (genitive singular masculine maoil, genitive singular feminine maoile, plural maola, comparative maoile)

    1. bare, bald
    2. bare, unprotected
      Proverb:
      Is maol gualainn gan bhráthair. ― It is not good to stand alone.
    1. hornless
    2. cropped
  3. roofless, dismantled
  4. edgeless, blunt
  5. flattened; (geometry) obtuse
  6. (music, of tone) flat
  7. dense, obtuse
  8. late in day
  9. (intensifying)
    Bhí sé maol marbh. ― He was stone dead; he was in a dead faint.

Declension
Declension of maol
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative maol mhaol maola;
mhaola²
Vocative mhaoil maola
Genitive maoile maola maol
Dative maol;
mhaol¹		 mhaol;
mhaoil (archaic)		 maola;
mhaola²
Comparative níos maoile
Superlative is maoile

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Noun

maol m or f (genitive singular maoil or maoile, nominative plural maoil or maola)

  1. bare, bald object
    1. (literary) devotee
    2. servant
  3. blunt object
  4. dense, obtuse, person.
  5. (music) flat

Declension
Declension of maol

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative maol maoil
Vocative a mhaoil a mhaola
Genitive maoil maol
Dative maol maoil

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an maol na maoil
Genitive an mhaoil na maol
Dative leis an maol

don mhaol

 leis na maoil
Alternative declension
Declension of maol

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative maol maola
Vocative a mhaol a mhaola
Genitive maoile maol
Dative maol maola

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an mhaol na maola
Genitive na maoile na maol
Dative leis an maol

don mhaol

 leis na maola

Derived terms

Noun 2

maol f (genitive singular maoile)

Declension
Declension of maol

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative maol
Vocative a mhaol
Genitive maoile
Dative maol

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an mhaol
Genitive na maoile
Dative leis an maol

don mhaol

Verb

maol (present analytic maolann, future analytic maolfaidh, verbal noun maoladh, past participle maoltha)

  1. Alternative form of maolaigh

Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present maolaim maolann tú;
maolair†		 maolann sé, sí maolaimid maolann sibh maolann siad;
maolaid†		 a mhaolann; a mhaolas /
a maolann*; a maolas*		 maoltar
past mhaol mé; mhaolas mhaol tú; mhaolais mhaol sé, sí mhaolamar; mhaol muid mhaol sibh; mhaolabhair mhaol siad; mhaoladar a mhaol /
ar mhaol*		 maoladh
past habitual mhaolainn mhaoltá mhaoladh sé, sí mhaolaimis; mhaoladh muid mhaoladh sibh mhaolaidís; mhaoladh siad a mhaoladh /
ar mhaoladh*		 mhaoltaí
future maolfaidh mé;
maolfad		 maolfaidh tú;
maolfair†		 maolfaidh sé, sí maolfaimid;
maolfaidh muid		 maolfaidh sibh maolfaidh siad;
maolfaid†		 a mhaolfaidh; a mhaolfas /
a maolfaidh*; a maolfas*		 maolfar
conditional mhaolfainn / maolfainn‡‡ mhaolfá / maolfᇇ mhaolfadh sé, sí / maolfadh sé, s퇇 mhaolfaimis; mhaolfadh muid / maolfaimis‡‡; maolfadh muid‡‡ mhaolfadh sibh / maolfadh sibh‡‡ mhaolfaidís; mhaolfadh siad / maolfaidís‡‡; maolfadh siad‡‡ a mhaolfadh /
ar mhaolfadh*		 mhaolfaí / maolfa퇇
subjunctive present go maola mé;
go maolad†		 go maola tú;
go maolair†		 go maola sé, sí go maolaimid;
go maola muid		 go maola sibh go maola siad;
go maolaid†		 — go maoltar
past dá maolainn dá maoltá dá maoladh sé, sí dá maolaimis;
dá maoladh muid		 dá maoladh sibh dá maolaidís;
dá maoladh siad		 — dá maoltaí
imperative maolaim maol maoladh sé, sí maolaimis maolaigí;
maolaidh†		 maolaidís — maoltar
verbal noun maoladh
past participle maolta

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

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
maol mhaol not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "maol" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 mael” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “2 mael” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish máel (“bald, hornless, blunt”), from Proto-Celtic *maylos.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɯːɫ̪/

Adjective

maol

  1. bald (head etc)
  2. hornless
  3. blunt (razor etc)
  4. (music) flat

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
maol mhaol not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • 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
  • “1 mael” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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