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agaill
agaill
Irish
Noun
agaill f (genitive singular agaille, nominative plural agaillí)
Declension
Declension of agaill
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative plural: agailleacha (sense 2)
Alternative forms
- agailt f
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From Old Irish ad·gládathar (“address, speak to, converse with”).
Verb
agaill (present analytic agallann, future analytic agallfaidh, verbal noun agallamh, past participle agalltha)
- (transitive) address, speak to, converse with
- (transitive) interview
- (transitive) Alternative form of agair (“plead, entreat; avenge, retribute; sue”)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (B)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | agallaim | agallann tú; agallair† |
agallann sé, sí | agallaimid | agallann sibh | agallann siad; agallaid† |
a agallann; a agallas / a n-agallann*; a n-agallas* |
agalltar |
| past | d'agall mé; d'agallas / agall mé‡; agallas‡ |
d'agall tú; d'agallais / agall tú‡; agallais‡ |
d'agall sé, sí / agall sé, sí‡ |
d'agallamar; d'agall muid / agallamar‡; agall muid‡ |
d'agall sibh; d'agallabhair / agall sibh‡; agallabhair‡ |
d'agall siad; d'agalladar / agall siad; agalladar‡ |
a d'agall / ar agall* |
agalladh; hagalladh† |
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| past habitual | d'agallainn / agallainn‡ |
d'agalltá / agalltᇠ|
d'agalladh sé, sí / agalladh sé, sí‡ |
d'agallaimis; d'agalladh muid / agallaimis‡; agalladh muid‡ |
d'agalladh sibh / agalladh sibh‡ |
d'agallaidís; d'agalladh siad / agallaidís‡; agalladh siad‡ |
a d'agalladh; ar agalladh* |
d'agalltaí / agalltaí‡ |
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| future | agallfaidh mé; agallfad |
agallfaidh tú; agallfair† |
agallfaidh sé, sí | agallfaimid; agallfaidh muid |
agallfaidh sibh | agallfaidh siad; agallfaid† |
a agallfaidh; a agallfas / a n-agallfaidh*; a n-agallfas* |
agallfar | |
| conditional | d'agallfainn / agallfainn‡ |
d'agallfá / agallfᇠ|
d'agallfadh sé, sí / agallfadh sé, sí‡ |
d'agallfaimis; d'agallfadh muid / agallfaimis‡; agallfadh muid‡ |
d'agallfadh sibh / agallfadh sibh‡ |
d'agallfaidís; d'agallfadh siad / agallfaidís‡; agallfadh siad‡ |
a d'agallfadh / ar agallfadh* |
d'agallfaí / agallfaí‡ |
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| subjunctive | present | go n-agalla mé; go n-agallad† |
go n-agalla tú; go n-agallair† |
go n-agalla sé, sí | go n-agallaimid; go n-agalla muid |
go n-agalla sibh | go n-agalla siad; go n-agallaid† |
— | go n-agalltar |
| past | dá n-agallainn | dá n-agalltá | dá n-agalladh sé, sí | dá n-agallaimis; dá n-agalladh muid |
dá n-agalladh sibh | dá n-agallaidís; dá n-agalladh siad |
— | dá n-agalltaí | |
| imperative | agallaim | agall | agalladh sé, sí | agallaimis | agallaigí; agallaidh† |
agallaidís | — | agalltar | |
| verbal noun | agallamh | ||||||||
| past participle | agalltha | ||||||||
*Indirect relative
† Dialect form
‡Dependent form
Alternative forms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| agaill | n-agaill | hagaill | t-agaill |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "agaill" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “acclaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “ad·gládathar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.