áille

See also: aille, aillé, and -aille

Irish

Alternative forms

• áilne (obsolete spelling; both noun and adjective)

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːl̠ʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈæːl̠ʲə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish áilde, áilne, áille (“beauty”), from álaind (“beautiful”) (modern álainn).

Noun

áille f (genitive singular áille)

1. beauty

Declension

Declension of áille

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative áille Vocative a áille Genitive áille Dative áille

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an áille Genitive na háille Dative leis an áille don áille

Related terms

• álainn (“beautiful”, adjective)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

áille

1. inflection of álainn (“beautiful”):
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
   3. comparative degree

Mutation

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “áille”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “áille”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “áille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “áille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language