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Irish
Etymology 1
Possibly derived from Old Irish acclaid (“act of fishing”)?
Noun
agaill f (genitive singular agaille, nominative plural agaillí)
- earthworm
- Synonyms: anglach, cuideog, péist talún
- cantankerous person
Declension
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
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| indicative
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present
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agallaim
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agallann tú;
agallair†
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agallann sé, sí
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agallaimid
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agallann sibh
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agallann siad;
agallaid†
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a agallann; a agallas /
a n-agallann*
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agalltar
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| past
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d'agall mé; d'agallas /
agall mé‡; agallas‡
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d'agall tú; d'agallais /
agall tú‡; agallais‡
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d'agall sé, sí /
agall sé, sí‡
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d'agallamar; d'agall muid /
agallamar‡; agall muid‡
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d'agall sibh; d'agallabhair /
agall sibh‡; agallabhair‡
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d'agall siad; d'agalladar /
agall siad; agalladar‡
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a d'agall /
ar agall*
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agalladh;
hagalladh†
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| past habitual
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d'agallainn /
agallainn‡; n-agallainn‡‡
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d'agalltá /
agalltá‡; n-agalltᇇ
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d'agalladh sé, sí /
agalladh sé, sí‡; n-agalladh sé, s퇇
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d'agallaimis; d'agalladh muid /
agallaimis‡; agalladh muid‡; n-agallaimis‡‡; n-agalladh muid‡‡
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d'agalladh sibh /
agalladh sibh‡; n-agalladh sibh‡‡
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d'agallaidís; d'agalladh siad /
agallaidís‡; agalladh siad‡; n-agallaidís‡‡; n-agalladh siad‡‡
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a d'agalladh /
a n-agalladh*
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d'agalltaí /
agalltaí‡; n-agallta퇇
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| future
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agallfaidh mé;
agallfad
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agallfaidh tú;
agallfair†
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agallfaidh sé, sí
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agallfaimid;
agallfaidh muid
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agallfaidh sibh
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agallfaidh siad;
agallfaid†
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a agallfaidh; a agallfas /
a n-agallfaidh*
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agallfar
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| conditional
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d'agallfainn / agallfainn‡; n-agallfainn‡‡
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d'agallfá / agallfá‡; n-agallfᇇ
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d'agallfadh sé, sí / agallfadh sé, sí‡; n-agallfadh sé, s퇇
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d'agallfaimis; d'agallfadh muid / agallfaimis‡; agallfadh muid‡; n-agallfaimis‡‡; n-agallfadh muid‡‡
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d'agallfadh sibh / agallfadh sibh‡; n-agallfadh sibh‡‡
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d'agallfaidís; d'agallfadh siad / agallfaidís‡; agallfadh siad‡; n-agallfaidís‡‡; n-agallfadh siad‡‡
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a d'agallfadh /
a n-agallfadh*
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d'agallfaí / agallfaí‡; n-agallfa퇇
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| subjunctive
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present
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go n-agalla mé;
go n-agallad†
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go n-agalla tú;
go n-agallair†
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go n-agalla sé, sí
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go n-agallaimid;
go n-agalla muid
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go n-agalla sibh
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go n-agalla siad;
go n-agallaid†
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—
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go n-agalltar
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| past
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dá n-agallainn
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dá n-agalltá
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dá n-agalladh sé, sí
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dá n-agallaimis;
dá n-agalladh muid
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dá n-agalladh sibh
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dá n-agallaidís;
dá n-agalladh siad
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—
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dá n-agalltaí
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| imperative
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agallaim
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agall
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agalladh sé, sí
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agallaimis
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agallaigí;
agallaidh†
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agallaidís
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—
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agalltar
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| verbal noun
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agallamh
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| past participle
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agalltha
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*indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| agaill
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n-agaill
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hagaill
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “agaill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “acclaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ad·gládathar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language