Irish

Noun

peall m ‎(genitive singular pill, nominative plural pill)

1. pelt, skin, hide
2. rug, blanket; pallet
3. piece of coarse cloth

Derived terms

• peallach ‎(“hairy, matted; coarse-spun”)
• peallóg f ‎(“(piece of) coarse cloth; woman dressed in rough clothing”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish pell, fell m ‎(“horse”).

Noun

peall m ‎(genitive singular pill or peill, nominative plural pill)

1. (literary) horse

Derived terms

• púca peill m ‎(“toadstool”)

Declension

Mutation

References

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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pjauɫ̪/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish pell m ‎(“an animal's skin or fur, hence a rug or blanket, generally one for sleeping on”), borrowed from Latin pellis, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- ‎(“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”).

Noun

peall m ‎(genitive singular pill, plural peallan or pillean)

1. hairy skin, hide
2. couch, pallet
3. veil, covering, coverlet
4. bunch of matted hair
5. mat
6. (Lewis) tarpaulin

Verb

peall ‎(past pheall, future peallaidh, verbal noun pealladh, past participle peallte)

1. cover
2. pull asunder, pluck, tear in pieces
3. clot, mat (as wool)
4. tease

Etymology 2

From Old Irish pell, fell m ‎(“horse”).

Noun

peall m ‎(genitive singular pill, plural peallan or pillean)

1. horse

Derived terms

• peallag f ‎(“shaggy hide or skin; little bunch of hair; clout; little coach or pallet; little covering; trollop, ill-dressed or ragged woman; little mat or rug; hassock; umbrella; coarse harness, primitive or ill-kept harness; cart harness; inferior wool; mat of straw; bass; sort of under pack-saddle; coarse blanket”)
• pillean m ‎(“pack-saddle; cloth put under a pannel, cushion, pad; hassock”)

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “1 pell” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “2 pell” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.