"aill" meaning in Irish

See aill in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɑilʲ/ [Munster], /ɑːl̠ʲ/ [Galway], /ɑːl̪ˠ/ [Galway] (note: corresponding to the alternative form all)
Etymology: From Old Irish all (“cliff”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸallom, from Proto-Indo-European *pels- (“stone”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|all|t=cliff}} Old Irish all (“cliff”), {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*ɸallom}} Proto-Celtic *ɸallom, {{der|ga|ine-pro|*pels-|t=stone}} Proto-Indo-European *pels- (“stone”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|aille|||||||nominative plural|aillte|or|alltracha|||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} aill f (genitive singular aille, nominative plural aillte or alltracha), {{ga-noun|f|~e|~te|pl2=alltracha}} aill f (genitive singular aille, nominative plural aillte or alltracha) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: aille [genitive, singular], aillte [nominative, plural], alltracha [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], aill [indefinite, nominative, singular], aillte [indefinite, nominative, plural], a aill [indefinite, singular, vocative], a aillte [indefinite, plural, vocative], aille [genitive, indefinite, singular], aillte [genitive, indefinite, plural], aill [dative, indefinite, singular], aillte [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an aill [definite, nominative, singular], na haillte [definite, nominative, plural], na haille [definite, genitive, singular], na n-aillte [definite, genitive, plural], leis an aill [dative, definite, singular], don aill [dative, definite, singular], leis na haillte [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], aill [error-unrecognized-form], n-aill [error-unrecognized-form], haill [error-unrecognized-form], - [error-unrecognized-form], all [alternative], faill [alternative]
  1. (geography) cliff, precipice Tags: feminine Derived forms: ailleadóir Related terms: ail, ailt
    Sense id: en-aill-ga-noun-H0Ee2dcj Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Geography, Landforms, Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 53 20 14 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 62 32 2 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 62 33 2 2 Topics: geography, natural-sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "name": "inh"
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "alltracha",
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "aill",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "aillte",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "a aill",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "singular",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "an aill",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "na haillte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "na haille",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "na n-aillte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "leis an aill",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "don aill",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na haillte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ga-mut",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aill",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "n-aill",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "all",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "faill",
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      ]
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        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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              12,
              18
            ]
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              0,
              6
            ]
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              14,
              20
            ]
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          "english": "The height of that cliff, I have heard, is three hundred feet.",
          "text": "Is é airde na haille sin, chuala mise, trí chéad troigh.",
          "translation": "The height of that cliff, I have heard, is three hundred feet.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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            [
              13,
              19
            ],
            [
              24,
              28
            ]
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          "english": "The name of that cliff is Glassan Rock.",
          "text": "Is é ainm na haille sin Aill na nGlasóg.",
          "translation": "The name of that cliff is Glassan Rock.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "cliff",
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      ],
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          "word": "ail"
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          "word": "ailt"
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      "ipa": "/ɑilʲ/",
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      "ipa": "/ɑːl̠ʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Galway"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ɑːl̪ˠ/",
      "note": "corresponding to the alternative form all",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "aill"
}
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      "form": "aille",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aillte",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alltracha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "aill",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aillte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a aill",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a aillte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aillte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aill",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aillte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an aill",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na haillte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na haille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na n-aillte",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na haillte",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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      "form": "haill",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "all",
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      ]
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        "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
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        "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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        {
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            [
              12,
              18
            ]
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          "english": "on the top of the cliff",
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        },
        {
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            [
              0,
              6
            ]
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          "english": "the Cliffs of Moher",
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        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The height of that cliff, I have heard, is three hundred feet.",
          "text": "Is é airde na haille sin, chuala mise, trí chéad troigh.",
          "translation": "The height of that cliff, I have heard, is three hundred feet.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              19
            ],
            [
              24,
              28
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The name of that cliff is Glassan Rock.",
          "text": "Is é ainm na haille sin Aill na nGlasóg.",
          "translation": "The name of that cliff is Glassan Rock.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "cliff, precipice"
      ],
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          "geography",
          "geography"
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          "cliff",
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        ],
        [
          "precipice",
          "precipice"
        ]
      ],
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        "(geography) cliff, precipice"
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ],
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        "geography",
        "natural-sciences"
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ɑilʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑːl̠ʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Galway"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑːl̪ˠ/",
      "note": "corresponding to the alternative form all",
      "tags": [
        "Galway"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "aill"
}

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    "aill"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "aill",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
  "path": [
    "aill"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "aill",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: aill/Irish 'with h-prothesis' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
    "aill"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "aill",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: aill/Irish 'with t-prothesis' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
    "aill"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "aill",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-02-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.