aiteall

Irish

Alternative forms

• atal

Etymology

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Noun

aiteall m (genitive singular aitill, nominative plural aitill)

1. fine spell between showers

Declension

Declension of aiteall (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative aiteall aitill vocative a aitill a aitealla genitive aitill aiteall dative aiteall aitill forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-aiteall na haitill genitive an aitill na n-aiteall dative leis an aiteall don aiteall leis na haitill

Synonyms

• aoinle

Related terms

• aitealladh m (“(act of) clearing (between showers)”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aiteall

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aiteall	n-aiteall	haiteall	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aiteall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN