míol

See also: miol

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish míl, from Proto-Celtic *mīlom (compare Welsh mil), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (compare Dutch maal (“calf”), Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, “sheep”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mʲiːlˠ/
(Aran) IPA^(key): /mʲiːl/

Noun

míol m (genitive singular míl, nominative plural míolta)

Declension

Declension of míol

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	míol	míolta
Vocative	a mhíl	a mhíolta
Genitive	míl	míolta
Dative	míol	míolta

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an míol	na míolta
Genitive	an mhíl	na míolta
Dative	leis an míol don mhíol	leis na míolta

Variant plural: míola

Derived terms

margadh na míol (“flea market”)
míol-bhitheolaíocht (“zoobiology”)
míol buí, míol má (“hare”)
míol ceartáin, míol crúbach, míol gríofa (“crab louse”)
míolchruthach (“zoomorphic”, adjective)
míol cnis (“louse”)
míol corr (“midge”)
míol críon (“woodworm; shipworm; woodlouse”)
míol fíniúna (“phylloxera”)
míol fómhair (“harvest mite”)
míol gorm (“blue whale; water flea”)
míol leapa (“bed bug”)
míol mór (“whale”)
míol plandaí (“aphid”)
míolsiorc (“whale shark”)
míol trá (“sand flea”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

"míol" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “míol” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “míol” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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