mogall

Irish

Alternative forms
  • mogal
  • mogoll, mogul, mogull, mugall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish mocoll (“mesh”), from Latin macula (“mesh”).

Pronunciation
  • (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɔɡəl̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠʌɡəlˠ/[1] (corresponding to the form mogal)

Noun

mogall m (genitive singular mogaill, nominative plural mogaill)

  1. mesh (opening or space enclosed by the threads of a net)
  2. eyelid
    Synonym: mogall súile
  3. husk (exterior of certain vegetables or fruits), shell (covering of a nut), pod (seed case)
  4. cluster (of nuts)
  5. round or globular mass (of fruit etc.)
  6. (obsolete) eyeball
    Synonym: meall súile
  7. compact body of persons

Declension
Declension of mogall

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mogall mogaill
Vocative a mhogaill a mhogalla
Genitive mogaill mogall
Dative mogall mogaill

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an mogall na mogaill
Genitive an mhogaill na mogall
Dative leis an mogall

don mhogall

 leis na mogaill

Derived terms
  • maíomh na mogall folamh
  • mogallach
  • mogallaigh
  • mogallóir
  • mogall súile
  • mogallsúileach

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mogall mhogall not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 24
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