-áil

Appendix:Variations of "ail" Irish Alternative forms ga -áilt Etymology Extracted from ga gabháil and ga fáil (earlier ga faghbháil). Pronunciation ga /aːlʲ/ Munster,Connacht ga /ælʲ/ Ulster; /æl̠ʲtʲ/ corresponding to the form ga -áilt Suffix n f suffix used to form verbal nouns ga fáil fáil, formerly spelled ga fagháil, verbal noun of ga faigh to get ga gabháil gabháil, verbal noun of ga gabh to take Declension - áil ála álacha Suffix v suffix used productively to form denominative verbs and their associated verbal nouns ga iarann iron iarnáil to iron ga spág a big, clumsy foot spágáil to shamble, trudge Usage notes This suffix is particularly common with English loanwords. The Irish-language poet Cathal Ó Searcaigh in his poem "Cainteoir Dúchais" (published 1997 in the collection Out in the Open) uses the following verbs, most of them probably nonce words: ga <alt:hoovereáil><t:to hoover> <alt:jeyes-fluideáil><t:to disinfect with Jeyes Fluid> <alt:harpickeáil><t:to clean with Harpic> <alt:vimeáil><t:to clean with Vim> <alt:flasháil><t:to clean with Flash> <alt:windoleneáil><t:to clean with Windolene> <alt:eau-de-cologneáil><t:to apply eau de Cologne to> <alt:shagáilte><t:shagged out> <alt:cruiseáil><t:to cruise> Derived terms ga