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Webster 1913 Edition


Ail

Ail

(āl)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ailed
(āld)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Ailing
.]
[OE.
eilen
,
ailen
, AS.
eglan
to trouble, pain; akin to Goth. us-
agljan
to distress,
agls
troublesome, irksome,
aglo
,
aglitha
, pain, and prob. to E.
awe
. √3.]
To affect with pain or uneasiness, either physical or mental; to trouble; to be the matter with; – used to express some uneasiness or affection, whose cause is unknown;
as, what
ails
the man? I know not what
ails
him
.
What
aileth
thee, Hagar?
Gen. xxi. 17.
☞ It is never used to express a specific disease. We do not say, a fever ails him; but, something ails him.

Ail

,
Verb.
I.
To be affected with pain or uneasiness of any sort; to be ill or indisposed or in trouble.
When he
ails
ever so little . . . he is so peevish.
Richardson.

Ail

,
Noun.
Indisposition or morbid affection.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ail

AIL

, v.t.
To trouble; to affect with uneasiness, either of body or mind; used to express some uneasiness or affection, whose cause is unknown; as, what ails the man? I know not what ails him.
What aileth thee, Hagar? Gen. 21.
It is never used to express a specific disease. We never say, he ails a pleurisy; but it is unusual to say, he ails something; he ails nothing; nothing ails him.

AIL

,
Noun.
Indisposition, or morbid affection.

Definition 2024


áil

áil

See also: ail, àil, Äil, -ail, and -áil

Irish

Noun

áil

  1. Only used in is áil le

Verb

áil (present analytic áileann, future analytic áilfidh, verbal noun áileadh, past participle áilte)

  1. (transitive, literary) request, entreat
  2. (transitive, literary) desire, wish
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Noun

áil m

  1. genitive singular of ál (litter; brood)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
áil n-áil háil t-áil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "áil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • áil” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.