camall

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Alternative forms

• cámhall

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman camel, from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), from Proto-Semitic *gamal-; compare Arabic جَمَل (jamal) and Hebrew גָּמָל (gamál).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkamˠəl̪ˠ/

Noun

camall m (genitive singular camaill, nominative plural camaill)

1. camel

Declension

Declension of camall (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative camall camaill vocative a chamaill a chamalla genitive camaill camall dative camall camaill forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an camall na camaill genitive an chamaill na gcamall dative leis an gcamall don chamall leis na camaill

Derived terms

• camall Baictriach (“Bactrian camel”)
• camalóid (“high-backed, humped, animal; tall stooped person”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of camall

radical	lenition	eclipsis
camall	chamall	gcamall

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), “camall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “camall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “caṁall”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 111