nuall

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish núall, from Proto-Celtic *nowslom (“a cry, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *newH- (“to cry, roar”) (compare Sanskrit नवते (návate, “to roar”) and Tocharian B nu- (“to roar”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /n̪ˠuəl̪ˠ/

Noun

nuall m (genitive singular nuaill) (literary)

  1. a loud noise
  2. a cry of joy

Declension

Further reading

Old Irish

Noun

nuall n or m

  1. Alternative spelling of núall

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
nuall
also nnuall after a proclitic
nuall
pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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