ubhal

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

ùbhal

Etymology

From Old Irish uball, from Proto-Celtic *abalo- (“apple”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.

Noun

ubhal m (genitive singular ubhail, plural ùbhlan)

apple

Derived terms

dearc-ubhal (“oak apple”)
fiadh-ubhal (“crab apple”)
lionn-ubhal (“apple cider”)

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
“uball, ubull” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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